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| John H CawleySummaryAffiliation: Cornell University Country: USA Publications
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Unfit for service: the implications of rising obesity for US military recruitmentJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management and Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Health Econ 21:1348-66. 2012..3 million women. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these findings for military recruitment and defense policy...- Maternal employment and childhood obesity: a search for mechanisms in time use dataJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management and Department of Economics, 3M24 MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
Econ Hum Biol 10:352-64. 2012..These findings suggest plausible mechanisms for the association between maternal employment and childhood obesity... - The medical care costs of obesity: an instrumental variables approachJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, United States
J Health Econ 31:219-30. 2012..These results imply that the previous literature has underestimated the medical costs of obesity, resulting in underestimates of the economic rationale for government intervention to reduce obesity-related externalities... 
Economic instruments for obesity prevention: results of a scoping review and modified Delphi surveyGuy E J Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON M5S2W6, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:109. 2011..The purpose of this study was to synthesize existing evidence regarding the impact of economic policies targeting obesity and its causal behaviours (diet, physical activity), and to make specific recommendations for the Canadian context...- Occupation-specific absenteeism costs associated with obesity and morbid obesityJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Occup Environ Med 49:1317-24. 2007..To document the absenteeism costs associated with obesity and morbid obesity by occupation... - The association of diabetes with job absenteeism costs among obese and morbidly obese workersJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
J Occup Environ Med 50:527-34. 2008..To determine the extent to which absenteeism costs associated with obesity and morbid obesity are traceable to diabetes, and whether obesity and morbid obesity remain predictors of absenteeism costs after controlling for diabetes... - Contingent valuation analysis of willingness to pay to reduce childhood obesityJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, 124 MVR Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Econ Hum Biol 6:281-92. 2008..The findings provide policymakers with useful information about taxpayers' support for, and preferred budget for, anti-obesity policies... - Obesity and skill attainment in early childhoodJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Econ Hum Biol 6:388-97. 2008.... - Obesity and labor market outcomes among legal immigrants to the United States from developing countriesJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
Econ Hum Biol 7:153-64. 2009..S. longer than five years. We generally find no significant association between weight and either wages, sector of employment, or work limitations for either women or men. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed... - The impact of income on the weight of elderly AmericansJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Health Econ 19:979-93. 2010..For example, they indicate that the income elasticity of body mass index is not greater in absolute value than 0.06 for men or 0.14 for women... - The economics of childhood obesityJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:364-71. 2010..It examines the economic causes and consequences of obesity, the rationales for government intervention, the cost-effectiveness of various policies, and the need for more research funding... - Strategies for implementing school-located influenza vaccination of children: a systematic literature reviewJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, 124 MVR Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Sch Health 80:167-75. 2010..Influenza immunization programs may benefit schools by reducing absenteeism... - Correlates of state legislative action to prevent childhood obesityJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:162-7. 2008..To determine the factors associated with state legislative action to address childhood obesity... 
Predicting complications after bariatric surgery using obesity-related co-morbiditiesJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management and Sloan Program in Health Administration, 124 MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Obes Surg 17:1451-6. 2007..To determine which (if any) pre-surgery obesity-related co-morbidities predict complications after bariatric surgery...- Factor substitution in nursing homesJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 4401, USA
J Health Econ 25:234-47. 2006..The results from the IV models yield evidence of factor substitution: higher nursing home wages are associated with greater use of psychoactive drugs and lower quality... - The impact of state physical education requirements on youth physical activity and overweightJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
Health Econ 16:1287-301. 2007..We conclude that raising PE credit requirements may make girls more physically active overall but there is not yet the scientific base to declare raising PE requirements an anti-obesity initiative for either boys or girls... - The earnings of U.S. health economistsJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, 124 MVR Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Health Econ 26:358-72. 2007..D. health economists by type of employer. Our findings are compared to those for economics departments, business schools, schools of public health, and for health services researchers... - Health insurance claims data as a means of assessing reduction in co-morbidities 6 months after bariatric surgeryJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management and Sloan Program in Health Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Obes Surg 16:852-8. 2006..We measured the very short-term change in obesity-related co-morbidities following bariatric surgery... - An economic framework for understanding physical activity and eating behaviorsJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:117-25. 2004..The implications of the economic framework are summarized and its limitations are described... - One pill makes you smaller: the demand for anti-obesity drugsJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Adv Health Econ Health Serv Res 17:149-83. 2007..We find little difference in observed characteristics between those who took the withdrawn drugs and those who took the other anti-obesity drugs in the market... - The timing of the rise in U.S. obesity varies with measure of fatnessRichard V Burkhauser
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, MVR Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
Econ Hum Biol 7:307-18. 2009..This underscores the importance of examining multiple measures of fatness when monitoring or otherwise studying obesity... - Lighting up and slimming down: the effects of body weight and cigarette prices on adolescent smoking initiationJohn Cawley
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Health Econ 23:293-311. 2004..These gender-specific differences may help explain the mixed and inconclusive evidence of the impact of price on smoking initiation found in previous literature... - Beyond BMI: the value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science researchRichard V Burkhauser
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Health Econ 27:519-29. 2008..Social science research on obesity would be enriched by greater consideration of alternate specifications of weight and height and more accurate measures of fatness... - Improving the design of competitive bidding in Medicare AdvantageJohn H Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 32:317-47. 2007.... - Spillover effects of prescription drug withdrawalsJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Adv Health Econ Health Serv Res 19:119-43. 2008..We conclude with a discussion of the characteristics of drugs and classes that may influence how remaining drugs are affected by a withdrawal in the class... - Markets and childhood obesity policyJohn Cawley
Cornell University, USA
Future Child 16:69-88. 2006..Researchers, however, have as yet undertaken few such studies of obesity-related policy options. Such analyses, once available, will help policymakers achieve the greatest benefit from a fixed budget... - Morbid obesity and the transition from welfare to workJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, USA
J Policy Anal Manage 24:727-43. 2005..These results are consistent with unobserved heterogeneity causing the correlation between morbid obesity and labor market outcomes. Findings are similar after controlling for the respondent's mental and physical health... - Health insurance coverage and the macroeconomyJohn Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, 134 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401, USA
J Health Econ 24:299-315. 2005..We estimate that 984,000 Americans, nearly all of whom were adult men, lost health insurance due to macroeconomic conditions alone during the 2001 recession... - How did welfare reform affect the health insurance coverage of women and children?John Cawley
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Health Serv Res 41:486-506. 2006..To measure the change in U.S. women and children's health insurance coverage as a result of welfare reform (i.e. the creation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or TANF) in 1996...
Research Grants
- Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food AdvertisementsJohn Cawley; Fiscal Year: 2007..Together these data allow us to calculate a precise measure of the advertisements to which each youth was exposed. This will allow us to better estimate how food advertising impacts youth consumption. ..