Applying Experimental Economics to Obesity in the Family Household

Applying Experimental Economics to Obesity in the Family Household

The objective of this study is to identify experimental economic tools that can be employed to explain the role of economic behavior in overweight and obesity in the household. We identify three economic experiments that can be used to understand how parent-child economic relationships relate to obesity. Loss aversion experiments are discussed as a tool to understand challenges some individuals...

Household Behavior and Family Economics

Gary Becker's Contributions to Family and Household Economics

for their helpful comments, to Joanne Spitz for editorial assistance, and to Lars Hansen and Jim Heckman for inviting me to participate in the symposium. Their invitation read in part, "We would like you to discuss his and other work on household and family economics, including its importance to social science and policy. We would like this to be a serious assessment of research, more than just...

the caspian sea s role in energy supply to china

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Applying Behavioural Economics to International Development Policy