David E. Frisvold

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

Emory University

 

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Listed below are published and working papers that are categorized by topic: research about the Head Start program, about the School Breakfast Program, about soft drink taxes, and about the relationship between education and health.  The links for the published papers will direct you to the published abstracts on the journals’ websites and the full-text is available with a subscription to the journal.  The working papers are the versions of the paper prior to publication and are freely accessible by clicking on the link to the paper.

 

About the Head Start Program

 

“Expanding Exposure: Can Increasing the Daily Duration of Head Start Reduce Childhood Obesity?” (with J. Lumeng), Journal of Human Resources, 2011, 46(2), 373-402.

Additional Appendices.

WP Version: Emory University working paper 09-06.

 

“Investing in Health: The Long-Term Impact of Head Start on Smoking” (with K. Anderson and J. Foster), Economic Inquiry, 2010, 48(3), 587-602.

 

“Changes in Body Mass Index Z Score Over the Course of the Academic Year among Children Attending Head Start” (with J. Lumeng and N. Kaciroti), Academic Pediatrics, 2010, 10(3), 179-186.

 

“Head Start Participation and Childhood Obesity,” September 2011.

 

About the School Breakfast Program

 

“Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement: An Evaluation of the School Breakfast Program,” to be posted soon.

 

About Soft Drink Taxes

 

“Are Soft Drink Taxes an Effective Mechanism for Reducing Obesity?” (with J. Fletcher and N. Tefft), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 30(3), 655-662.

This article is part of a Point-Counterpoint in JPAM on health policy and sugar-sweetened beverages.  The response essay is:

“The Proof is in the Pudding: Response to Chaloupka, Powell, and Chriqui” (with J. Fletcher and N. Tefft), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 30(3), 664-665.

 

“The Effects of Soft Drink Taxes on Child and Adolescent Consumption and Weight Outcomes” (with J. Fletcher and N. Tefft), Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94(11-12), 967-974.

WP Version: Emory University Working Paper 09-08.

 

“Taxing Soft Drinks and Restricting Access to Vending Machines to Curb Child Obesity” (with J. Fletcher and N. Tefft), Health Affairs, 2010, 29(5), 1059-1066.

 

“Can Soft Drink Taxes Reduce Population Weight?” (with J. Fletcher and N. Tefft), Contemporary Economic Policy, 2010, 28(1), 23-35.

WP Version: Emory University Working Paper 08-08.

 

About the Relationship between Education and Health

 

“School Quality and the Education-Health Relationship: Evidence from Blacks in Segregated Schools” (with E. Golberstein), Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming.

 

“College Quality and Young Adult Health Behaviors” (with J. Fletcher), Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30(5), 826-837.

WP Version: Emory University Working Paper 10-07.

 

“Higher Education and Health Investments: Does More Schooling Affect Preventive Health Care Use?” (with J. Fletcher), Journal of Human Capital, 2009, 3(2), 144-176.

WP Version: Emory University Working Paper 08-13.

 

“The Effect of School Quality on Black-White Health Differences: Evidence from Southern Segregated Schools,” (with E. Golberstein), May 2011.

 

“The Long Run Health Returns to College Quality” (with J. Fletcher), July 2011.

 

 

 

 

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Last Updated: October 27, 2011

 

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