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  1. Does Anything Work to Reduce Obesity? (Yes, Modestly)

    Article • Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, February 2016, Duke University Press

    Professor John Cawley

  2. Authors’ response: Regarding the paper ‘The impact of a supermarket nutrition rating system on purchases of nutritious and less nutritious foods’ by Cawley et al.

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, December 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor John Cawley, Dr Brian Wansink

  3. The effect of rising obesity on eligibility to serve in the U.S. public health service commissioned corps

    Article • Economics & Human Biology, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  4. The impact of a supermarket nutrition rating system on purchases of nutritious and less nutritious foods

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, August 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor John Cawley, Dr Brian Wansink

  5. INCENTIVES FOR WELLNESS: TACKLING ISSUES OF EFFECTIVENESS, BIOLOGY, SCOPE, AND COST SHIFTING

    Article • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, May 2014, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  6. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PERMITS GREATER FINANCIAL REWARDS FOR WEIGHT LOSS: A GOOD IDEA IN PRINCIPLE, BUT MANY PRACTICAL CONCERNS REMAIN

    Article • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, May 2014, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  7. The Impact of the Macroeconomy on Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the Great Recession

    Article • Health Economics, November 2013, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  8. A case study of a workplace wellness program that offers financial incentives for weight loss

    Article • Journal of Health Economics, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  9. The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children

    Article • Journal of Health Economics, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  10. The Effect of Deceptive Advertising on Consumption of the Advertised Good and its Substitutes: The Case of Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Products

    Article • March 2013, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  11. The Demand for Cigarettes as Derived from the Demand for Weight Control

    Article • February 2013, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  12. Maternal employment and childhood obesity: A search for mechanisms in time use data

    Article • Economics & Human Biology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  13. The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity among Elementary School Children

    Article • August 2012, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  14. The medical care costs of obesity: An instrumental variables approach

    Article • Journal of Health Economics, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  15. The Impact of the Macroeconomy on Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the Great Recession

    Article • November 2011, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  16. The Economics of Obesity

    Article • October 2011

    Professor John Cawley

  17. The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity

    Article • October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor John Cawley

  18. Agricultural Policy and Childhood Obesity

    Article • October 2011

    Professor John Cawley

  19. UNFIT FOR SERVICE: THE IMPLICATIONS OF RISING OBESITY FOR US MILITARY RECRUITMENT

    Article • Health Economics, October 2011, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  20. The validity of genes related to neurotransmitters as instrumental variables

    Article • Health Economics, May 2011, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  21. The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

    Article • May 2011, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  22. The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors11We thank the editors of this Handbook, Pedro Pita Barros, Tom McGuire, and Mark Pauly, for their feedback and helpful guidance. We also thank the other authors in this volume for their valuable feedback and comm...

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  23. The Medical Care Costs of Obesity: An Instrumental Variables Approach

    Article • October 2010, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  24. Unfit for Service: The Implications of Rising Obesity for U.S. Military Recruitment

    Article • September 2010, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  25. The impact of income on the weight of elderly Americans

    Article • Health Economics, July 2010, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  26. Strategies for Implementing School-Located Influenza Vaccination of Children: A Systematic Literature Review

    Article • Journal of School Health, April 2010, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  27. MONOPOLY® PRICING

    Article • Economic Inquiry, March 2010, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  28. The timing of the rise in U.S. obesity varies with measure of fatness

    Article • Economics & Human Biology, December 2009, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  29. Obesity and labor market outcomes among legal immigrants to the United States from developing countries

    Article • Economics & Human Biology, July 2009, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  30. Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss

    Article • May 2009, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  31. Differences in the U.S. Trends in the Prevalence of Obesity Based on Body Mass Index and Skinfold Thickness

    Article • May 2009, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  32. Obesity and skill attainment in early childhood

    Article • Economics & Human Biology, December 2008, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  33. Body Weight and Matching With a Physically Attractive Romantic Partner

    Article • Journal of Marriage and Family, November 2008, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  34. Authors’ Response

    Article • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, October 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor John Cawley

  35. Contingent valuation analysis of willingness to pay to reduce childhood obesity

    Article • Economics & Human Biology, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  36. The Impact of Income on the Weight of Elderly Americans

    Article • June 2008, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  37. Reefer Madness, Frank the Tank, or Pretty Woman: To What Extent Do Addictive Behaviors Respond to Incentives?

    Article • May 2008, The MIT Press

    Professor John Cawley

  38. Obesity and Skill Attainment in Early Childhood

    Article • May 2008, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  39. The Association of Diabetes With Job Absenteeism Costs Among Obese and Morbidly Obese Workers

    Article • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, May 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor John Cawley

  40. The production of published research by U.S. academic health economists

    Article • International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Cawley

  41. Beyond BMI: The value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research

    Article • Journal of Health Economics, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  42. Correlates of State Legislative Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity

    Article • Obesity, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  43. Occupation-Specific Absenteeism Costs Associated With Obesity and Morbid Obesity

    Article • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, December 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor John Cawley

  44. The impact of state physical education requirements on youth physical activity and overweight

    Article • Health Economics, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  45. US health economists: who we are and what we do

    Article • Health Economics, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  46. Mechanisms for the Association Between Maternal Employment and Child Cognitive Development

    Article • November 2007, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  47. Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A Search for Mechanisms in Time Use Data

    Article • November 2007, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  48. Predicting Complications after Bariatric Surgery using Obesity-Related Co-morbidities

    Article • Obesity Surgery, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Cawley

  49. THE CORRELATION OF YOUTH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH STATE POLICIES

    Article • Contemporary Economic Policy, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  50. The Cost-effectiveness of Programs to Prevent or Reduce Obesity

    Article • Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, June 2007, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Professor John Cawley

  51. The earnings of U.S. health economists

    Article • Journal of Health Economics, March 2007, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  52. Contingent Valuation Analysis of Willingness to Pay To Reduce Childhood Obesity

    Article • September 2006, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  53. Health Insurance Claims Data as a Means of Assessing Reduction in Co-morbidities 6 Months after Bariatric Surgery

    Article • Obesity Surgery, July 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Cawley

  54. Beyond BMI: The Value of More Accurate Measures of Fatness and Obesity in Social Science Research

    Article • June 2006, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  55. Factor substitution in nursing homes

    Article • Journal of Health Economics, March 2006, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  56. How Did Welfare Reform Affect the Health Insurance Coverage of Women and Children?

    Article • Health Services Research, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  57. Nutrition Labels and Obesity

    Article • January 2006, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  58. Markets and Childhood Obesity

    Article • The Future of Children, January 2006, Project Muse

    Professor John Cawley

  59. Morbid obesity and the transition from welfare to work

    Article • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, September 2005, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  60. HMO Participation in Medicare+Choice

    Article • Journal of Economics &amp Management Strategy, July 2005, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  61. The Impact of State Physical Education Requirements on Youth Physical Activity and Overweight

    Article • June 2005, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  62. The Competitive Effects of Drug Withdrawals

    Article • March 2005, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  63. Health insurance coverage and the macroeconomy

    Article • Journal of Health Economics, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  64. Welfare Reform and the Health Insurance Coverage of Women and Children

    Article • Forum for Health Economics & Policy, January 2005, De Gruyter

    Professor John Cawley

  65. An economic framework for understanding physical activity and eating behaviors

    Article • American Journal of Preventive Medicine, October 2004, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  66. Factor Substitution and Unobserved Factor Quality in Nursing Homes

    Article • May 2004, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  67. Obesity as a Barrier to the Transition from Welfare to Work

    Article • May 2004, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  68. Lighting up and slimming down: the effects of body weight and cigarette prices on adolescent smoking initiation

    Article • Journal of Health Economics, March 2004, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  69. The Impact of Obesity on Wages

    Article • Journal of Human Resources, January 2004, JSTOR

    Professor John Cawley

  70. Health Insurance Coverage and the Macroeconomy

    Article • November 2003, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  71. What explains race and gender differences in the relationship between obesity and wages?

    Article • Gender Issues, June 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Cawley

  72. Lighting Up and Slimming Down: The Effects of Body Weight and Cigarette Prices on Adolescent Smoking Initiation

    Article • March 2003, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  73. The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Health Insurance Coverage of Americans

    Article • Forum for Health Economics & Policy, January 2003, De Gruyter

    Professor John Cawley

  74. CMS Payments Necessary to Support HMO Participation in Medicare Managed Care

    Article • Forum for Health Economics & Policy, January 2002, De Gruyter

    Professor John Cawley

  75. CMS Payments Necessary to Support HMO Participation in Medicare Managed Care

    Article • NBER/Frontiers in Health Policy Research, January 2002, The MIT Press

    Professor John Cawley

  76. Three observations on wages and measured cognitive ability

    Article • Labour Economics, September 2001, Elsevier

    Professor John Cawley

  77. The Effect of Managed Care Penetration on Treatment Patterns

    Article • The Journal of Legal Studies, June 2001, University of Chicago Press

    Professor John Cawley

  78. Body Weight and Women's Labor Market Outcomes

    Article • August 2000, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  79. On Policies to Reward the Value Added by Educators

    Article • The Review of Economics and Statistics, November 1999, The MIT Press

    Professor John Cawley

  80. An Empirical Examination of Information Barriers to Trade in Insurance

    Article • American Economic Review, September 1999, American Economic Association

    Professor John Cawley

  81. Meritocracy in America: Wages Within and Across Occupations

    Article • Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society, July 1999, Wiley

    Professor John Cawley

  82. Meritocracy in America: An Examination of Wages Within and Across Occupations

    Article • March 1998, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  83. Understanding the Role of Cognitive Ability in Accounting for the Recent Rise in the Economic Return to Education

    Article • January 1998, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  84. Cognitive Ability, Wages, and Meritocracy

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor John Cawley

  85. Cognitive Ability, Wages, and Meritocracy

    Article • July 1996, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  86. An Empirical Examination of Information Barriers to Trade in Insurance

    Article • July 1996, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor John Cawley

  87. The Economics of Childhood Obesity Policy

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor John Cawley

  88. The Labor Market Impact of Obesity

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor John Cawley

  89. Obesity, Disability, and Movement Onto the Disability Insurance Rolls

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor John Cawley

  90. Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor John Cawley

  91. Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss

    Article • University of Chicago Press

    Professor John Cawley

  92. The Importance of Objective Health Measures in Predicting Early Receipt of Social Security Benefits: The Case of Fatness

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor John Cawley

  93. The Ability of Various Measures of Fatness to Predict Application for Disability Insurance

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor John Cawley

  94. Tobacco Control Policies and Youth Smoking: Evidence from a New Era

    Article • Emerald

    Professor John Cawley

  95. Spillover effects of prescription drug withdrawals

    Article • Emerald

    Professor John Cawley