Jay L Zagorsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 4239577 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jay L Zagorsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jay L |
| FAMILY NAME | Zagorsky |
| SIGNATURE | ZAGORSKY J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Who drinks soda pop? Economic status and adult consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
The association between socioeconomic status and adult fast-food consumption in the U.S
Divergent Trends in US Maternity and Paternity Leave, 1994–2015
Objectives. To determine the number and type of US workers taking maternity or paternity leave. Methods. We created a publicly available ecological long-term series for measuring parental leave from 1994 to 2015 by using the Current Population Survey, which interviews about 60 000 randomly selected households monthly. Results. The average month from 1994 to 2015 saw 273 000 women and 13 000 men on maternity or paternity leave. Maternity leave rat…
Does Asthma Impair Wealth Accumulation or Does Wealth Protect Against Asthma
Objective We investigate the association between adult asthma and wealth, testing whether the disease impairs wealth accumulation (social selection model) or if wealth protects against asthma (social causation model). Methods We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth ( n = 7,644) and linear and logistic regressions to estimate the association between wealth and asthma. Changes in relative wealth following an asthma diagnosis and asthma sta…
Wealth and Weight
The average person’s weight is climbing as the world grows richer. This chapter investigates the relationship between wealth and weight. Cross-national macro data (1995–2005) analysis finds a small, positive, statistically significant relationship; a 10 percentage point increase in a country’s wealth is associated with an absolute body mass index (BMI) increase of 0.03 points (a 0.13% change). US micro data from the National Longitudinal Survey o…
The Freshman 15
Objectives We test whether the phrase “ F reshman 15” accurately describes weight change among first‐year college students. We also analyze freshmen's weight change during and after college. Methods This is the first investigation of the “ F reshman 15” to use a nationally representative random sample, the N ational L ongitudinal S urvey of Y outh ( NLSY 97). The data are analyzed using descriptive statistics, regression analysis, simulations, an…
Does the U.S. Food Stamp Program contribute to adult weight gain
Health and wealth
Marriage and divorce's impact on wealth
What impact do marriage and divorce have on wealth? US data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), which tracks individuals in their 20s, 30s and early 40s, show that over time single respondents slowly increase their net worth. Married respondents experience per person net worth increases of 77 percent over single respondents. Additionally, their wealth increases on average 16 percent for each year of marriage. Divorced respond…
Job Vacancies in the United States
Empirical investigations of the U.S. macroeconomy often examine only the post-World War II period because very few key data series exist for earlier years. However, this brief time period misses major economic shocks like the Great Depression and World War II. Using a previously unknown data set, this paper solves part of the problem by creating a long-run job vacancy series from 1923 to 1994 based on help-wanted advertising data. Analysis sugges…
Marriage and divorce's impact on wealth
What impact do marriage and divorce have on wealth? US data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), which tracks individuals in their 20s, 30s and early 40s, show that over time single respondents slowly increase their net worth. Married respondents experience per person net worth increases of 77 percent over single respondents. Additionally, their wealth increases on average 16 percent for each year of marriage. Divorced respond…
Divergent Trends in US Maternity and Paternity Leave, 1994–2015
Objectives. To determine the number and type of US workers taking maternity or paternity leave. Methods. We created a publicly available ecological long-term series for measuring parental leave from 1994 to 2015 by using the Current Population Survey, which interviews about 60 000 randomly selected households monthly. Results. The average month from 1994 to 2015 saw 273 000 women and 13 000 men on maternity or paternity leave. Maternity leave rat…
The Freshman 15
Objectives We test whether the phrase “ F reshman 15” accurately describes weight change among first‐year college students. We also analyze freshmen's weight change during and after college. Methods This is the first investigation of the “ F reshman 15” to use a nationally representative random sample, the N ational L ongitudinal S urvey of Y outh ( NLSY 97). The data are analyzed using descriptive statistics, regression analysis, simulations, an…
Does Asthma Impair Wealth Accumulation or Does Wealth Protect Against Asthma
Objective We investigate the association between adult asthma and wealth, testing whether the disease impairs wealth accumulation (social selection model) or if wealth protects against asthma (social causation model). Methods We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth ( n = 7,644) and linear and logistic regressions to estimate the association between wealth and asthma. Changes in relative wealth following an asthma diagnosis and asthma sta…
Job Vacancies in the United States
Empirical investigations of the U.S. macroeconomy often examine only the post-World War II period because very few key data series exist for earlier years. However, this brief time period misses major economic shocks like the Great Depression and World War II. Using a previously unknown data set, this paper solves part of the problem by creating a long-run job vacancy series from 1923 to 1994 based on help-wanted advertising data. Analysis sugges…
Health and wealth
Marriage and divorce's impact on wealth
What impact do marriage and divorce have on wealth? US data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), which tracks individuals in their 20s, 30s and early 40s, show that over time single respondents slowly increase their net worth. Married respondents experience per person net worth increases of 77 percent over single respondents. Additionally, their wealth increases on average 16 percent for each year of marriage. Divorced respond…
Does the U.S. Food Stamp Program contribute to adult weight gain
The Freshman 15
Objectives We test whether the phrase “ F reshman 15” accurately describes weight change among first‐year college students. We also analyze freshmen's weight change during and after college. Methods This is the first investigation of the “ F reshman 15” to use a nationally representative random sample, the N ational L ongitudinal S urvey of Y outh ( NLSY 97). The data are analyzed using descriptive statistics, regression analysis, simulations, an…
Wealth and Weight
The average person’s weight is climbing as the world grows richer. This chapter investigates the relationship between wealth and weight. Cross-national macro data (1995–2005) analysis finds a small, positive, statistically significant relationship; a 10 percentage point increase in a country’s wealth is associated with an absolute body mass index (BMI) increase of 0.03 points (a 0.13% change). US micro data from the National Longitudinal Survey o…
Does Asthma Impair Wealth Accumulation or Does Wealth Protect Against Asthma
Objective We investigate the association between adult asthma and wealth, testing whether the disease impairs wealth accumulation (social selection model) or if wealth protects against asthma (social causation model). Methods We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth ( n = 7,644) and linear and logistic regressions to estimate the association between wealth and asthma. Changes in relative wealth following an asthma diagnosis and asthma sta…
The association between socioeconomic status and adult fast-food consumption in the U.S
Divergent Trends in US Maternity and Paternity Leave, 1994–2015
Objectives. To determine the number and type of US workers taking maternity or paternity leave. Methods. We created a publicly available ecological long-term series for measuring parental leave from 1994 to 2015 by using the Current Population Survey, which interviews about 60 000 randomly selected households monthly. Results. The average month from 1994 to 2015 saw 273 000 women and 13 000 men on maternity or paternity leave. Maternity leave rat…
Who drinks soda pop? Economic status and adult consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
Medicine (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · National Longitudinal Surveys (4 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Population (4 works)