Body mass index in families: Spousal correlation, endogeneity, and intergenerational transmission

Empirical Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 841-864

  Abrevaya, Jason ^a   Tang, Hongfei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Endogeneity; Familial correlation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CORRELATION; DATA SET; FAMILY STRUCTURE; INDEX METHOD; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80955131285     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-010-0403-6     Document Type: Article

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