Sonya Kostova Huffman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5986578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sonya Kostova Huffman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sonya Kostova |
| FAMILY NAME | Huffman |
| SIGNATURE | HUFFMAN S K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The dynamics of food, alcohol and cigarette consumption in Russia during transition
The Rise of Obesity in Transition: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Russia
This paper integrates theoretical and empirical models to study the rise of human obesity in Russia during the transition from a planned to a market economy. To test our hypotheses we use recent individual-level data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey for 1995 and 2004 capturing representative periods of early and late transition. Estimation results strongly support our model of production and supply of BMI (body-mass index) and weig…
Food Assistance Programs and Outcomes in the Context of Welfare Reform
Objective. Food assistance programs play an important role in meeting the basic needs of low‐income households. We consider how the Food Stamp Program (FSP), labor force participation, and food insecurity status affect outcomes of low‐income households under different program designs and economic conditions. Methods. Data from the Survey of Program Dynamics allow estimation of the effects of participation in FSP, labor market participation, and f…
Determinants of obesity in transition economies: The case of Russia
Regional welfare program and labour force participation
Impacts of Economic Reform in Poland: Incidence and Welfare Changes Within a Consistent Framework
The costs of shortages and rationing are not captured by standard consumer price indices. Thus the change in real GDP per capita is an overestimate of welfare losses in transition economics. In this study virtual prices are used to calculate new cost-of-living indices (CLIs). The results for Polant show that from 1987 to 1992 the CLI ignoring the rationing effects is biased upward from 1.53 to 3.71 percentage points per year. Compared to the esti…
Regional welfare program and labour force participation
Food Assistance Programs and Outcomes in the Context of Welfare Reform
Objective. Food assistance programs play an important role in meeting the basic needs of low‐income households. We consider how the Food Stamp Program (FSP), labor force participation, and food insecurity status affect outcomes of low‐income households under different program designs and economic conditions. Methods. Data from the Survey of Program Dynamics allow estimation of the effects of participation in FSP, labor market participation, and f…
Impacts of Economic Reform in Poland: Incidence and Welfare Changes Within a Consistent Framework
The costs of shortages and rationing are not captured by standard consumer price indices. Thus the change in real GDP per capita is an overestimate of welfare losses in transition economics. In this study virtual prices are used to calculate new cost-of-living indices (CLIs). The results for Polant show that from 1987 to 1992 the CLI ignoring the rationing effects is biased upward from 1.53 to 3.71 percentage points per year. Compared to the esti…
Determinants of obesity in transition economies: The case of Russia
Regional welfare program and labour force participation
Food Assistance Programs and Outcomes in the Context of Welfare Reform
Objective. Food assistance programs play an important role in meeting the basic needs of low‐income households. We consider how the Food Stamp Program (FSP), labor force participation, and food insecurity status affect outcomes of low‐income households under different program designs and economic conditions. Methods. Data from the Survey of Program Dynamics allow estimation of the effects of participation in FSP, labor market participation, and f…
The Rise of Obesity in Transition: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Russia
This paper integrates theoretical and empirical models to study the rise of human obesity in Russia during the transition from a planned to a market economy. To test our hypotheses we use recent individual-level data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey for 1995 and 2004 capturing representative periods of early and late transition. Estimation results strongly support our model of production and supply of BMI (body-mass index) and weig…
The dynamics of food, alcohol and cigarette consumption in Russia during transition
Economics (6 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Welfare (3 works) · Body mass index (2 works) · Demography (2 works)