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J. CAWLEY ; D. DRAGONE ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2023A subset of harm reduction strategies encourages individuals to switch from a harmful addictive good to a less harmful addictive good; examples include e-cigarettes (substitutes for combustible cigarettes) and methadone and buprenorphine (substi[...]
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J. CAWLEY ; M.R. DALY ; R. THORNTON ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2021Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are relatively new and there is little evidence about their impact on SSB consumption or body mass index (as opposed to prices, purchases, or sales), their impact on youth (as opposed to on adults), or t[...]
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J. CAWLEY ; A.M. SUSSKIND ; B. WILLAGE ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2020The United States, in 2018, implemented a nationwide requirement that chain restaurants disclose calorie information on their menus and menu boards. This law was motivated by concern that consumers underestimate the number of calories in restaur[...]
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J. CAWLEY ; D.E. FRISVOLD ; A. HILL ; et al. ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2019Several cities in the U.S. have implemented taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in an attempt to improve public health and raise revenue. On July 1, 2017, Oakland California introduced a tax of one cent per ounce on SSBs. In this paper, we[...]
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J. CAWLEY ; D.E. FRISVOLD ; D. JONES ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2019Since 2017, many U.S. cities have implemented taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) to decrease consumption of sugary beverages and raise revenue. In this paper, we analyze household receipt data to examine the impact of SSB taxes on househo[...]
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J. CAWLEY ; D. DE WALQUE ; D. GROSSMAN ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2017A substantial literature has examined the impact of stress during early childhood on later-life health. This paper contributes to that literature by examining the later-life health impact of stress during adolescence and early adulthood, using a[...]
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A.I. BIENER ; J. CAWLEY ; C. MEYERHOEFER ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2017This paper is the first to use the method of instrumental variables to estimate the causal impact of youth obesity on U.S. medical care costs. We examine data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for 2001-2013 and instrument for child BMI u[...]
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J. CAWLEY ; A.S. HANKS ; D.R. JUST ; et al. ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2016This paper examines how consumers respond to price incentives for nutritious relative to less-nutritious foods, and whether the framing of the price incentive as a subsidy for nutritious food or a tax on non-nutritious food influences consumers’[...]
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P. BOCKERMAN ; J. CAWLEY ; J. VINIIKAINEN ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2016The increase in the prevalence of obesity worldwide has led to great interest in the economic consequences of obesity, but valid and powerful instruments for obesity, which are needed to estimate its causal effects, are rare. This paper contribu[...]
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K. SIMON ; A. SONI ; J. CAWLEY ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2016The U.S. population receives suboptimal levels of preventive care and has a high prevalence of risky health behaviors. One goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to increase preventive care and improve health behaviors by expanding access to [...]
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J. CAWLEY ; A. CHOI ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2015One of the most robust findings in health economics is that higher-educated individuals tend to be in better health. This paper tests whether health disparities across education are to some extent due to differences in reporting error across edu[...]
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J. CAWLEY ; C. RUHM ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2011Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, an[...]
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J. CAWLEY ; A.S. MORIYA ; K.I. SIMON ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2011This paper investigates the impact of the macroeconomy on the health insurance coverage of Americans. We examine panel data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) for 2004-2010, a period that includes the Great Recession of 2[...]
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There is an urgent need to better understand the causes and consequences of obesity, and to learn what works to prevent or reduce obesity. This volume accurately and conveniently summarizes the findings and insights of obesity-related research f[...]
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J. CAWLEY ; C. MEYERHOEFER ; National Bureau of Economic Research. (N.B.E.R.). Cambridge CA. USA | Cambridge : N.B.E.R. | 2010This paper is the first to use the method of instrumental variables (IV) to estimate the impact of obesity on medical costs in order to address the endogeneity of weight and to reduce the bias from reporting error in weight. Models are estimated[...]
