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“There She Is, Your Ideal”
Negative Social Comparisons and Health Behaviors
Christopher S. Carpenter and Brandyn F. Churchill
Published online before print August 11, 2023, 0522-12347R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0522-12347R1
Christopher S. Carpenter
Carpenter is University Distinguished Professor and E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Research Fellow at IZA Institute for the Study of Labor; .
Brandyn F. Churchill
Churchill is Assistant Professor of Resource Economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst; .

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Journal of Human Resources
Vol. 60, Issue 1
1 Jan 2025
“There She Is, Your Ideal”
Christopher S. Carpenter, Brandyn F. Churchill
Journal of Human Resources Aug 2023, 0522-12347R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0522-12347R1
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