Yang Wang

Lafayette College

Assistant Professor

Easton, PA 18042

United States

http://economics.lafayette.edu/

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1.

The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders and Body Mass Index

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7512
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Aug 2013
Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business, Moravian College and Lafayette College
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obesity, underweight, BMI, sorority, anorexia, bulimia, eating disorders, weight control

Estimating Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with Hyperbolic Discounting, with an Application to Mammography Decisions

PIER Working Paper No. 10-033
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Oct 2010
Hanming Fang and Yang Wang
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Lafayette College
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Time Inconsistent Preferences, Intrapersonal Games, Dynamic Discrete Choices, Preventive Care

Estimating Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with Hyperbolic Discounting, with an Application to Mammography Decisions

NBER Working Paper No. w16438
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2023
Hanming Fang and Yang Wang
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Lafayette College
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The Effects of EITC Payment Expansion on Maternal Smoking

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6680
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Jul 2012
Susan L. Averett and Yang Wang
Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business and Lafayette College
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low-income mothers, EITC, smoking

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Assessing the Fertility Effects of Childcare Cost Subsidies: Evidence from the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16263
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 27 Jun 2023
Susan L. Averett and Yang Wang
Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business and Lafayette College
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fertility, birth outcomes, child and dependent care tax credit

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The Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Children's Health, Quality of Home Environment, and Non-Cognitive Skills

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9173
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Sep 2015
Susan L. Averett and Yang Wang
Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business and Lafayette College
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EITC, child health, home environment, non-cognitive skills

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Identifying the Causal Effect of Alcohol Abuse on the Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence by Men Using a Natural Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7996
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 01 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2024
Susan L. Averett and Yang Wang
Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business and Lafayette College
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intimate partner violence, alcohol abuse, 9/11, instrumental variable

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The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Health of Working Teenagers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10185
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business, Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business and Lafayette College
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self-reported health, minimum wage, teenagers

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Minimum Wages and the Health and Access to Care of Immigrants' Children

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12606
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Sep 2019
Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business, Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business and Lafayette College
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minimum wage, immigrant children, access to care, health insurance, health

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Taking the Con Out of Pennsylvania: Did Hip and Knee Replacement Patients Benefit?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10917
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 31 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business, Moravian College and Lafayette College
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health care, knee and hip replacement, certificate of need, cost, quality

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Minimum Wages and the Health of Hispanic Women

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10916
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Aug 2017
Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business, Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business and Lafayette College
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minimum wage, Hispanic women, health outcomes, health insurance, preventive care

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Can Social Safety Net Programs Reduce Work Disability? Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Aug 2024
Katie Jajtner, Keisha Solomon and Yang Wang
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Howard University and Lafayette College
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Social Policy, Work Disability, Earned Income Tax Credit