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dc.contributor.authorBlack, Nicoleen
dc.contributor.authorKassenboehmer, Sen
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-13T03:42:20Zen
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-14T02:43:42Zen
dc.date.available2018-09-14T02:43:42Zen
dc.date.issued2017en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10620/18237en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10620/4441en
dc.description.abstractChildhood obesity not only has serious long-term health implications but also can hinder the development of socioemotional skills. We use data from the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children to examine the effect of childhood obesity on socioemotional difficulties. Using various specifications to estimate the socioemotional-skills production function, we show that obesity increases emotional problems for both genders and increases peer problems and decreases conduct problems for boys. Obesity does not appear to affect hyperactivity or prosocial behavior. Our results are robust to alternative identifying assumptions, the inclusion of a range of time-varying shocks, and alternative measures of adiposity. Our findings suggest that childhood obesity adversely affects emotional and social skills, which are both important determinants of human capital development and future economic prosperity.en
dc.subjectHealth -- Body size, BMI, Body imageen
dc.subjectChild Developmenten
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.titleGetting Weighed Down: The Effect of Childhood Obesity on the Development of Socioemotional Skillsen
dc.typeJournal Articlesen
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/692016en
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dc.description.keywordsnon-cognitive skillsen
dc.description.keywordshuman capitalen
dc.description.keywordsweighten
dc.description.keywordsoverweighten
dc.description.keywordsbody mass indexen
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Human Capitalen
dc.identifier.volume11en
dc.description.pages33en
dc.identifier.issue2en
local.identifier.id5016en
dc.subject.dssHealth and wellbeingen
dc.subject.dssChildhood and child developmenten
dc.subject.dssmaincategoryHealthen
dc.subject.dssmaincategoryChildrenen
dc.subject.dssmaincategoryChild Developmenten
dc.subject.dsssubcategoryBody size, BMI, Body imageen
dc.subject.flosseChildhood and child developmenten
dc.subject.flosseHealth and wellbeingen
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