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Ashlesha DatarSanta Monica Office Economist EducationPh.D. in policy analysis, RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies; M.A. in economics, Indiana University; M.A. in economics, Delhi University; B.A. in economics, Delhi University |
Expertise
Childhood obesity; child health; child care; early childhood education; kindergarten entry age; social policy
RAND Research Areas
Child Policy; Education; Health and Health Care; Workforce and Workplace
Recent Projects
- Food policies and environments in elementary schools
- School meal participation
- Effects of class size on elementary school outcomes
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
Expertise
Labor economics; health and education; childhood obesity; Kindergarten entry age; school meal programs; birth weight effects
RAND Research Areas
Child Policy; Education; Health and Health Care; Workforce and Workplace
Recent Projects
- Effects of junk food in schools on childhood obesity
- Effects of food prices and maternal labor supply on children's school meal participation
- Parental investments in early childhood
- Class size effects
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) ,
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