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Katy Rouse, associate professor of economics in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, and Elon alumna Brooke Hunziker ’18 co-authored an article titled “Child bodyweight and human capital: Test scores, teacher assessments and noncognitive skills,” which is published in the Economics of Education Review.
Associate Professor Katy Rouse and alumna Brooke Hunziker ’18 co-authored “Child bodyweight and human capital: Test scores, teacher assessments and noncognitive skills.”
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011, the authors examine how bodyweight is related to both children’s test scores and teacher assessment of ability. They also explore the relationship between obesity and noncognitive skills and the role that these skills play in explaining obesity-related disparities acro