Selected Publications

A. Datar and R. Sturm, "Childhood Overweight and Elementary School Outcomes", International Journal of Obesity, 2006

A. Datar, "Does Delaying Kindergarten Entrance Give Children a Head Start?", Economics of Education Review, 25(1), 2006

R. Sturm and A. Datar, "Body Mass Index in Elementary School Children, Metropolitan Area Food Prices and Food Outlet Density", Public Health, 2005

Ashlesha Datar and Roland Sturm, "Childhood Overweight and Parent- and Teacher-Reported Behavior Problems: Evidence from a Prospective Study of Kindergartners", Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 158(8), 2004

Ashlesha Datar and Roland Sturm, "Physical Education in Elementary School and Body Mass Index: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study", American Journal of Public Health, 94(9), 2004

Selected Publications

Ashlesha Datar and Bryce Mason, "Do Smaller Classes "Crowd Out" Parental Investment in Education?", Economics of Education Review, 27 712-723, 2008

Roland Sturm and Ashlesha Datar, "Food Prices and Weight Gain During Elementary School Children: 5-Year Update", Public Health, 122 1140-43, 2008

Loughran, D., Datar, A. and Kilburn, M. Rebecca, "The Interactive Effect of Birth Weight and Common Parental Investment on Child Test Scores", Review of Economics of the Household, 6 223-242, 2008

Roland Sturm and Ashlesha Datar, "Childhood Overweight and Elementary School Outcomes", International Journal of Obesity, 30(9) 1449-60, 2006

Ashlesha Datar, "Does Delaying Kindergarten Entrance Give Children a Head Start?", Economics of Education Review, 25 43-62, 2006

Ashlesha Datar, "The Impact of Kindergarten Entrance Age Policies on the Child Care Needs of Families", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25(1) 129-151, 2006

Ashlesha Datar, Neeraj Sood, "The Impact of Postpartum Hospital Stay Legislation on Newborn Length of Stay, Readmission and Mortality in California", Pediatrics, 118(1) 63-72, 2006

Datar, A., Kilburn, M.R., and Loughran, D, "Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood", Demography (forthcoming)

Selected Publications

"Childhood Overweight and Elementary School Outcomes," A. Datar and R. Sturm, International Journal of Obesity [Epub Mar 14, 2006], Vol. 30, No. 9, Sept 2006

"Does Delaying Kindergarten Entrance Give Children a Head Start?" Economics of Education Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, Feb 2006

"Body Mass Index in Elementary School Children, Metropolitan Area Food Prices and Food Outlet Density," R. Sturm and A. Datar, Public Health [Epub Sept 6, 2005], Vol. 119, No. 12, Dec 2005

"Physical Education in Elementary School and Body Mass Index: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study," Ashlesha Datar and Roland Sturm, American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 94, No. 9, Sept 2004

"Childhood Overweight and Parent- and Teacher-Reported Behavior Problems: Evidence from a Prospective Study of Kindergartners," Ashlesha Datar and Roland Sturm, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 158, No. 8, Aug 2004