Wednesday 20th May 2009
Venue: Goldney Hall, University of Bristol, Lower Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1BH
Admission is free and lunch will be provided for all participants.
For more information about this conference and to book a place please contact Heidi Andrews H.Andrews@bristol.ac.uk
Barry McCormick, Chief Economist, Department of Health
Chris Ruhm, Jefferson-Pilot Excellence Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina.
Age, Socioeconomic Status and Obesity Growth.
Rachel Griffith, University College London / Institute of Fiscal Studies.
Empirical estimates of a fat tax.
Fabrice Etile, INRA-ALISS and PSE, Paris.
Happy houses: Spousal weight and wellbeing.
Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, University of Bristol
Child Weight and Educational Outcomes: Evidence using Genetic Markers.
Michèle Belot, Nuffield, Oxford University
Healthy school meals and educational outcomes.
