Inas Rashad Kelly
Biographic Data
| ID | 1741083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Inas Rashad Kelly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Inas Rashad |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelly |
| SIGNATURE | KELLY I R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queens College, CUNY |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3538-0715 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Economic incentives surrounding fertility
Mandatory Schooling of Girls Improved Their Children's Health
This study examines the impact of mandatory maternal education on child health in Turkey, where a non‐trivial fraction of families restricted their daughters’ schooling due to social and cultural barriers. The analysis employs two large data sets and exploits a quasi‐experiment involving an education reform that increased compulsory schooling. Results show that an increase in mother's schooling improves child health at birth (as measured by facto…
How does body mass index affect economic growth? A comparative analysis of countries by levels of economic development
The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology
The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology provides an extensive and insightful overview of how economic conditions affect human well-being and how human health influences economic outcomes. The book addresses both macro and micro factors, as well as their interaction, providing new understanding of complex relationships and developments in economic history and economic dynamics. Among the topics explored is how variation in height, wheth…
Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology
Nutrient intake
Early education and health outcomes of a 2001 U.S. Birth Cohort
How does the business cycle affect eating habits
Exposure to food advertising on television
Spillover Effects of the ADA
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 has expanded employment opportunities of numerous persons with disabilities, although its effect on employment for disabled individuals has been mixed. With the strong correlation between disability and obesity, the ADA has likely had spillover effects through several court cases related to disability and obesity. The authors create a data set that combines state-level data on cases pertaining to …
How Does the Business Cycle Affect Eating Habits
As economic expansions raise employment and wages, associated shifts in income and time constraints would be expected to also impact individuals' health. This study utilizes information from the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (1990-2009) to explore the relationship between the state unemployment rate and the consumption of various healthy and unhealthy foods in the United States. Estimates, based on fixed effects methodologies, ind…
Incentives in Obesity and Health Insurance
Health insurance is widely regarded as essential for financing the production of good health, but is insurance always beneficial for our health? Ex ante moral hazard may induce individuals with insurance to engage in behaviors that they otherwise would not undertake in the absence of insurance. Using data from the 1993-2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we attempt to isolate the effects of ex ante moral hazard to determine the poten…
How does the business cycle affect eating habits
Mandatory Schooling of Girls Improved Their Children's Health
This study examines the impact of mandatory maternal education on child health in Turkey, where a non‐trivial fraction of families restricted their daughters’ schooling due to social and cultural barriers. The analysis employs two large data sets and exploits a quasi‐experiment involving an education reform that increased compulsory schooling. Results show that an increase in mother's schooling improves child health at birth (as measured by facto…
Incentives in Obesity and Health Insurance
Health insurance is widely regarded as essential for financing the production of good health, but is insurance always beneficial for our health? Ex ante moral hazard may induce individuals with insurance to engage in behaviors that they otherwise would not undertake in the absence of insurance. Using data from the 1993-2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we attempt to isolate the effects of ex ante moral hazard to determine the poten…
How Does the Business Cycle Affect Eating Habits
As economic expansions raise employment and wages, associated shifts in income and time constraints would be expected to also impact individuals' health. This study utilizes information from the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (1990-2009) to explore the relationship between the state unemployment rate and the consumption of various healthy and unhealthy foods in the United States. Estimates, based on fixed effects methodologies, ind…
Exposure to food advertising on television
Spillover Effects of the ADA
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 has expanded employment opportunities of numerous persons with disabilities, although its effect on employment for disabled individuals has been mixed. With the strong correlation between disability and obesity, the ADA has likely had spillover effects through several court cases related to disability and obesity. The authors create a data set that combines state-level data on cases pertaining to …
Early education and health outcomes of a 2001 U.S. Birth Cohort
How does the business cycle affect eating habits
The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology
The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology provides an extensive and insightful overview of how economic conditions affect human well-being and how human health influences economic outcomes. The book addresses both macro and micro factors, as well as their interaction, providing new understanding of complex relationships and developments in economic history and economic dynamics. Among the topics explored is how variation in height, wheth…
Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology
Nutrient intake
How does body mass index affect economic growth? A comparative analysis of countries by levels of economic development
Mandatory Schooling of Girls Improved Their Children's Health
This study examines the impact of mandatory maternal education on child health in Turkey, where a non‐trivial fraction of families restricted their daughters’ schooling due to social and cultural barriers. The analysis employs two large data sets and exploits a quasi‐experiment involving an education reform that increased compulsory schooling. Results show that an increase in mother's schooling improves child health at birth (as measured by facto…
Economic incentives surrounding fertility
Economics (9 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Obesity (4 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works)