Jay Zagorsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 4454122 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jay Zagorsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jay |
| FAMILY NAME | Zagorsky |
| SIGNATURE | ZAGORSKY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0000-7507 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| 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
Do I look fat?” Self-perceived body weight and labor market outcomes
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
The Effects of Promised Monetary Incentives on Attrition in a Long-Term Panel Survey
Journal Article The Effects of Promised Monetary Incentives on Attrition in a Long-Term Panel Survey Get access Jay L. Zagorsky, Jay L. Zagorsky Address correspondence to Jay L. Zagorsky; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Patricia Rhoton Patricia Rhoton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 72, Issue 3, Fall 2008,…
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…
The wealth effects of smoking
While a causal relation cannot be proven, smokers appear to pay for tobacco expenditures out of income that is saved by non-smokers. Hence, reductions in smoking will boost wealth, especially among the poor
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…
Why Are Canadian and US Unemployment Rates So Highly Correlated
Kevin Lang, Jay Zagorsky, Why Are Canadian and US Unemployment Rates So Highly Correlated?, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 24, Supplement 1: CERF/CSLR Conference on the Canada-US Unemployment Rate Gap / FCSE/CENV Conférence sur l'écart entre les taux de chômage au Canada et aux États-Unis (Feb., 1998), pp. S56-S71
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…
The Effects of Promised Monetary Incentives on Attrition in a Long-Term Panel Survey
Journal Article The Effects of Promised Monetary Incentives on Attrition in a Long-Term Panel Survey Get access Jay L. Zagorsky, Jay L. Zagorsky Address correspondence to Jay L. Zagorsky; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Patricia Rhoton Patricia Rhoton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 72, Issue 3, Fall 2008,…
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…
Why Are Canadian and US Unemployment Rates So Highly Correlated
Kevin Lang, Jay Zagorsky, Why Are Canadian and US Unemployment Rates So Highly Correlated?, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 24, Supplement 1: CERF/CSLR Conference on the Canada-US Unemployment Rate Gap / FCSE/CENV Conférence sur l'écart entre les taux de chômage au Canada et aux États-Unis (Feb., 1998), pp. S56-S71
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…
Why Are Canadian and US Unemployment Rates So Highly Correlated
Kevin Lang, Jay Zagorsky, Why Are Canadian and US Unemployment Rates So Highly Correlated?, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 24, Supplement 1: CERF/CSLR Conference on the Canada-US Unemployment Rate Gap / FCSE/CENV Conférence sur l'écart entre les taux de chômage au Canada et aux États-Unis (Feb., 1998), pp. S56-S71
The wealth effects of smoking
While a causal relation cannot be proven, smokers appear to pay for tobacco expenditures out of income that is saved by non-smokers. Hence, reductions in smoking will boost wealth, especially among the poor
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…
The Effects of Promised Monetary Incentives on Attrition in a Long-Term Panel Survey
Journal Article The Effects of Promised Monetary Incentives on Attrition in a Long-Term Panel Survey Get access Jay L. Zagorsky, Jay L. Zagorsky Address correspondence to Jay L. Zagorsky; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Patricia Rhoton Patricia Rhoton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 72, Issue 3, Fall 2008,…
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…
Do I look fat?” Self-perceived body weight and labor market outcomes
Who drinks soda pop? Economic status and adult consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
Economics (11 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · National Longitudinal Surveys (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works)