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dc.contributor.authorBrunello, Giorgioen
dc.contributor.authorMichaud, Pierre-Carlen
dc.contributor.authorSanz-de-Galdeano, Annaen
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-24-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:31:14Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:31:14Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20080609109en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34980-
dc.description.abstractWe provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency considerations, which are organized around three categories of market failures: productive inefficiencies, lack of information or rationality and health insurance externalities. We also calculate the long term financial consequences of current US and European obesity trends, and conclude with a brief review of current policies to reduce and prevent excessive body weight both in Europe and the US.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3529en
dc.subject.jelI1en
dc.subject.ddc360en
dc.subject.keywordObesityen
dc.subject.keywordhealth care costsen
dc.subject.keywordefficiencyen
dc.subject.keywordequityen
dc.subject.stwGesundheitsrisikoen
dc.subject.stwGesundheitspolitiken
dc.subject.stwGesundheitsvorsorgeen
dc.subject.stwMeritorisches Guten
dc.subject.stwSoziale Gerechtigkeiten
dc.subject.stwGesundheitskostenen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.subject.stwEU-Staatenen
dc.titleThe rise in obesity across the Atlantic: an economic perspective-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn572105703en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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