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April 1, 2011 | Book
This paper is part of a series on obesity published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The authors used data from pediatric visits to estimate effects of certain changes to the environment on children’s body mass. Environmental factors examined in this study are fast-food restaurants, supermarkets, parks, trails, violent crimes and 13 types of recreational amenities.
September 1, 2003 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2002, the Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change at Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., (renamed the Council on Health Care Economics and Policy in February 2002) continued its work to identify critical issues brought about by health system change and to generate new ideas for improving the financing and delivery of health services in the United States.
October 1, 2000 | Program Result
From 1996 to 1998, Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D., conducted research in three areas:
April 24, 2013 | Report
Obesity-prevention policies could save the U.S. billions of dollars in the long run. A new report from the Campaign to End Obesity shows that the way estimates for the costs of legislation are done now misses a lot of their value.
National Program
To help develop a new generation of creative thinkers in health policy research within the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology.
February 1, 2004 | Program Result
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Mass. convened the nation's leading economists and economic policy-makers June 27-30, 2001, to discuss and analyze the impact of economic policies of the last decade.
December 1, 2002 | Program Result
In 1999, the American Economic Association conducted a symposium on Medicare reform.
December 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1993 to 1998, the Health Care Economic Council (later changed to the Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change) formed and met 12 times.
April 1, 2011 | Book
This policy paper is from a series published by the National Bureau of Economic Research on obesity in the United States. The authors examined the relationship between children's weight and fast food and fruit and vegetable prices, and children's weight and availability of fast-food restaurants, full-service restaurants, supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores.
April 1, 2011 | Book
This study concluded that declining real minimum wage rates have contributed to the increasing rate of overweight and obesity in the United States. Studies to clarify the mechanism by which minimum wages may affect obesity might help determine appropriate policy responses.