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Estimating Heterogeneous and Hierarchical Peer Effects on Body Weight Using Roommate Assignments as a Natural Experiment

Olga Yakusheva, Kandice A. Kapinos and Daniel Eisenberg
Journal of Human Resources, January 2014, 49 (1) 234-261; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.1.234
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vol. 49 no. 1 234-261
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.1.234
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received April 1, 2012
  • Accepted March 1, 2013
  • Published online February 4, 2014.
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© 2014 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. Olga Yakusheva
  1. Kandice A. Kapinos
  1. Daniel Eisenberg
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Empirical Challenges and Approaches in Estimating Peer Influences
    • III. Previous Studies of Peer Effects in Weight Gain
    • IV. Data
    • V. Method
    • VI. Results
    • VII. Discussion
    • VIII. Summary and Conclusion
    • Appendix 1 Mechanism of peer influence through behaviors
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