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Title: Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics
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Guettabi, Mouhcine |
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Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics Ph.D. Dissertation, Oklahoma State University, 2012 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Bankruptcy; Body Mass Index (BMI); Obesity; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Chapter 1: Can Twenty Minutes on the Treadmill Save You From Bankruptcy? The Impact of Obesity on Consumer Bankruptcy. Abstract: Over the last two decades, both bankruptcy and obesity rates in the U.S. have seen a steady rise. Obesity being one of the leading causes of medical and morbidity related economic costs; we study if it has any influence on personal bankruptcy. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we employ a duration model to investigate the relative importance of obesity on the timing of bankruptcy. Even after accounting for possible endogeneity of BMI and controlling for a wide variety of individual and aggregate-level confounding factors, being obese puts one at a greater risk of filing for bankruptcy. |
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Guettabi, Mouhcine. Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics. Ph.D. Dissertation, Oklahoma State University, 2012. |