Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A European Perspective

Wencke Gwozdz; Alfonso Sousa-Poza; Lucia Reisch; Wolfgang Ahrens; Gabriele Eiben; Juan M. Fernández-Alvira; Charalampos Hadjigeorgiou; Stefaan De Henauw; Eva Kovács; Fabio Lauria; Toomas Veidebaum; Garrath Williams; Karin Bammann

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.003

Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity

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Gwozdz, Wencke ;
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Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School
Sousa-Poza, Alfonso ;
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University of Hohenheim
Reisch, Lucia ;
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Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School
Ahrens, Wolfgang ;
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Universität Bremen
Eiben, Gabriele ;
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University of Gothenburg
Fernández-Alvira, Juan M. ;
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Universidad de Zaragoza
Hadjigeorgiou, Charalampos ;
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Research and Education Institute of Child Health
Henauw, Stefaan De ;
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Ghent University
Kovács, Eva ;
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University of Pecs
Lauria, Fabio ;
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Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council Italy
Veidebaum, Toomas ;
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National Institute for Health Development
Williams, Garrath ;
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Lancaster University
Bammann, Karin
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Universität Bremen

Subtitle:

A European Perspective

DOI:

10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.003

Abstract:

The substantial increase in female employment rates in Europe over the past two decades has often been linked in political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer measures and information from nutritional diaries, we also investigate the effects of maternal employment on obesity's main drivers: calorie intake and physical activity. Our analysis provides little evidence for any association between maternal employment and childhood obesity, diet or physical activity.

Type:

Journal article

Language:

English

Published in:

Journal of Health Economics, 2013, Vol 32, Issue 4, p. 728-742

Keywords:

Children; Europe; Maternal employment; Obesity

Main Research Area:

Social science

Publication Status:

Published

Review type:

Peer Review

Submission year:

2013

Scientific Level:

Scientific

ID:

242290385

Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity

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