Estimation of a dynamic model of weight

Empirical Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 413-443

  Ng, Shu Wen ^a   Norton, Edward C ^b   Guilkey, David K ^c   Popkin, Barry M ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Diet; Dynamic panel model; Physical activity; Price; Urbanicity; Weight

Indexed keywords

DIET; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBESITY; WEIGHT;

CHINA;

EID: 84857910179     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-012-0547-7     Document Type: Article

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