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Long-Term Effects of Diabetes Prevention : Evaluation of the M.O.B.I.L.I.S. Program for Obese Persons

Haeussler, Jan - 2013

In response to the growing burden of obesity, public primary prevention programs against obesity have been widely …-effective strategy to cope with the obesity epidemic. We examine this question in a simulation model based on the results of the M ….O.B.I.L.I.S program, a German lifestyle intervention to reduce obesity, which is directed on the high-risk group of people who are already …

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Happy House : Spousal Weight and Individual Well-Being

Clark, Andrew; Etile, Fabrice - 2011

We use life satisfaction and Body Mass Index (BMI) information from three waves of the SOEP to test for social interactions in BMI between spouses. Social interactions require that the cross-partial effect of partner’s weight and own weight in the utility function be positive. Using life...

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Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US : New Results

Bargain, Olivier - 2013

We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical approach and comparable data sources. We find that own-wage...

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The Effects of Family Policy on Mothers’ Labor Supply : Combining Evidence from a Structural Model and a Natural Experiment

Geyer, Johannes - 2014

Parental leave and subsidized child care are prominent examples of family policies supporting the reconciliation of family life and labor market careers for mothers. In this paper, we combine different empirical strategies to evaluate the employment effects of these policies for mothers in...

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Getting the Poor to Work : Three Welfare Increasing Reforms for a Busy Germany

Jessen, Robin - 2015

We study three budget-neutral reforms of the German tax and transfer system designed to improve work incentives for people with low incomes: a feasible flat tax reform that provides a basic income which is equal to the current level of the means tested unemployment benefit, and two alternative...

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The Impact of Short- and Long-Term Participation Tax Rates on Labor Supply

Bartels, Charlotte - 2015

Generous income support programs as provided by European welfare states have often been blamed to hamper employment. This paper investigates the importance of incentives inherent in the tax-benefit system for the individual decision to take up work. Using German microdata over the period...

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Change in the Gender Division of Domestic Work after Mummy or Daddy Took Leave : An Examination of Alternative Explanations

Schober, Pia Sophia; Zoch, Gundula - 2015

This study investigates how the duration of child care leave taken by mothers and fathers relates to changes in couples’ division of housework and child care after postnatal labour market return in Germany. It explores whether take-up of child care related leave may impact the gender division...

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Empirical Welfare Analysis in Random Utility Models of Labour Supply

Decoster, André; Haan, Peter - 2011

The aim of this paper is to apply recently proposed individual welfare measures in the context of random utility models of labour supply. Contrary to the standard practice of using reference preferences and wages, these measures preserve preference heterogeneity in the normative step of the...

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The Effect of Subsidized Employment on Happiness

Crost, Benjamin - 2011

While a large body of evidence suggests that unemployment and self-reported happiness are negatively correlated, it is not clear whether this reflects a causal effect of unemployment on happiness and whether subsidized employment can increase the happiness of the unemployed. To close this gap,...

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Health and Weight

Hübler, Olaf - 2017

Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a … between health and body mass index is nonlinear. (3) Underweight strengthens individual health and severe obesity has a clear …

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