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Explaining the body mass index gaps between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002 - 2012 : a decomposition analysis of socio–economic causes
Dang, Rui - 2015
are on average more obese than female Germans; however, there exists no significant difference in obesity among males. Our … significant parts of the obesity disparities between these two groups. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339846
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Origin country conflict and immigrant physical health
Compton, Ryan A.; Craig, Andrea N.; Heger, Dörte; … - 2024
Using multiple waves of Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) linked with the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB), as well as the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)/ International Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO) Armed Conflict Dataset, we examine the effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014501267
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Returns to local and foreign language skills : causal evidence from Spain
Isphording, Ingo Eduard - 2013
of linguistic dissimilarity. Using cross-sectional data from the 2007 National Immigrant Survey of Spain (NISS), returns … zwischen Muttersprache und erlernter Sprache. Als Datenbasis dient der National Immigrant Survey of Spain aus dem Jahr 2007 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687733
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Disadvantages of linguistic origin : evidence from immigrant literacy scores
Isphording, Ingo Eduard - 2013
This study quantifies the disadvantage in the formation of literacy skills of immigrants that arises from the linguistic distance between mother tongue and host country language. Combining unique cross-country data on literacy scores with information on the linguistic distance between languages,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687734
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The causal link between financial incentives and weight loss : an evidence-based survey of the literature
Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R.; Reinermann, Holger - 2011
Obesity and overweight are linked to diseases that cost society a significant amount of resources. While behavior … estimates of the effect. -- Financial incentives ; weight loss ; obesity ; randomized experiment ; survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580235
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Weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals : establishing a causal link
Reichert, Arndt R.; Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - 2015
Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper …. Conditional on having already lost some weight, a further reduction in obesity also increases the frequency of sexual intercourse. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287088
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Does money burn fat? : evidence from a randomized experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012
for weight loss ; obesity ; nonrandom sample attrition ; effect heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669779
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Obesity, weight loss, and employment prospects : evidence from a randomized trial
Reichert, Arndt R. - 2012
This study presents credible estimates for the causal effect of a variation in obesity on employment. By exploring … weight loss on proxy variables for labor productivity are found only for obese women. -- Obesity ; weight loss intervention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009670135
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Heterogeneous causal effects of financial incentives on weight loss : results of a large prospective randomized trial
Reuss-Borst, Monika; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2012
induce weight loss. -- Randomized experiment ; financial incentives for weight loss ; obesity ; subgroups ; effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009670960
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Linguistic distance and the language fluency of immigrants
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Otten, Sebastian - 2011
We use a newly available measure of linguistic distance developed by the German Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology to explain heterogeneity in language skills of immigrants. This measure is based on an automatical algorithm comparing pronunciation and vocabulary of language...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580302