Research Bio
Research:
Evaluation of treatment and public health interventions on diseases and health behaviors .
Dr. Zhang's primary interests are evaluating the effects of treatment and public health interventions on diseases and health behaviors particularly among children and young adults. She presented her working papers in conferences including American Society of Health Economics, Western Economic Association, Association of Policy Analysis and Management, and Population Association of America. She received her Ph.D. in Public Policy with a concentration in health economics from Cornell University.
2011 Jun
Zhang N, Zhang Q. "Does early school entry prevent obesity among adolescent girls?" The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the
Society for Adolescent Medicine. 2011 Jun 0; 48(6):644-6. Epub 2010 Nov 17. |
2011
Zhang, N; Cain, E. "Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Habitual Drinking among Young Women". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2011; 8(9): 3796-3809. |
2011
Zhang, Q.; Zheng, B.; Zhang, N.; Wang, Y. "Decomposing the Intergenerational Disparity in Income and Obesity". The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 2011; 11(3). |
2010 May
Zhang N. "Alcohol taxes and birth outcomes." International journal of environmental research and public
health. 2010 May 0; 7(5):1901-12. Epub 2010 Apr 27. |
2010
Liu, F; Zhang, N; Cheng, K.; Wang, H. "Reduced smoking and rising obesity:
does smoking ban in workplace matter?". Economics Letters. 2010; 108(3): 249-252. |
