Education, Dietary Intakes and Exercise*
| Autor: | Stephanie von Hinke |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Applied Economics |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Statistics and Probability
Economics and Econometrics Calorie Energy balance Physical activity medicine.disease ECON CEPS Health Obesity Middle age Animal proteins SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being Environmental health Regression discontinuity design medicine ECON Applied Economics Statistics Probability and Uncertainty Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | von Hinke, S 2021, ' Education, Dietary Intakes and Exercise ', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics . < https://www.bristol.ac.uk/efm/media/workingpapers/working_papers/pdffiles/dp21748.pdf > Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 84(1), 214-240. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
| ISSN: | 0305-9049 |
| Popis: | This paper examines the relationship between education and health behaviours, focusing on potential offsetting responses between calories in (i.e. dietary intakes) and calories out (i.e. physical activity). It exploits the 1972 British compulsory schooling law that raised the minimum school leaving age from 15 to 16 to estimate the effects of education on diet and exercise around middle age. Using a regression discontinuity design, the findings suggest that the reform led to a worsening of the quality of the diet, with increases in total calories, fats and animal proteins. However, I find that these changes are partially offset by a discontinuous increase in physical activity. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest little effect on the balance of calories. As such, the findings show that focusing on the two components of energy balance provides additional information that is concealed in analyses that only use a measure of obesity. |
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