学术报告
报告主题:【C’FHER学术报告】One-child policy and childhood obesity 报 告 人:刘锋 博士 时 间:2017年4月21日(周五)下午2:00-4:00 主 持 人:陈祁晖 博士 工作语言:中文 地 点:学院行政楼212会议室 |
【Abstract】 This paper investigates the effect of only children on childhood obesity in China. We use implementation measures of family planning policies as instrumental variables in the estimations, and find that being raised in a one-child family significantly increases the weight, body mass index, and probability of being overweight or obese for children. By examining mothers' care-taking behaviors and their children's dietary habits and nutritional intake, we identify the following channels linking one-child families with childhood obesity.. (a) In one-child families, parents prefer spending money to using their time to care for their children. (b) In one-child families, children eat more high-sugar, high-fat, and high-protein food. A time–money trade-off could be a plausible mechanism of the effects we document.
【Biography】 Dr. Feng Liu is an Associate Professor in the School of Management and Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. His research focuses on the economics of risky health behaviors, including cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, and those that relate to obesity. He has published papers on Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, etc. Before joining CUHK Shenzhen, he taught at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He received his Ph.D. in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University in 2007. He obtained his M.A. in Economics from IUPUI, where he has received the Chancellor's Scholar Award for excellence in academic achievement in 2003.
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