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The Causal Link Between Financial Incentives and Weight Loss – An Evidence-based Survey of the Literature
Paloyo, Alfredo; Reichert, Arndt R.; Reinermann, Holger; … - 2011
Obesity and overweight are linked to diseases that cost society a significant amount of resources. While behavior modification can reduce the problem, instigating such lifestyle changes is an uneasy task. One potential way to reduce the problem is through the use of financial incentives. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287426
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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 modification can reduce the problem, instigating such lifestyle changes is an uneasy task. One potential way to reduce the problem is through the use of financial incentives. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580235
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The Causal Link between Financial Incentives and Weight Loss
Paloyo, Alfredo R. - 2011
Obesity and overweight are linked to diseases that cost society a significant amount of resources. While behavior modification can reduce the problem, instigating such lifestyle changes is an uneasy task. One potential way to reduce the problem is through the use of financial incentives. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118027
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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 Rüdiger; … - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
Obesity and overweight are linked to diseases that cost society a significant amount of resources. While behavior modification can reduce the problem, instigating such lifestyle changes is an uneasy task. One potential way to reduce the problem is through the use of financial incentives. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385729
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Heterogeneity in the intergenerational transmission of alcohol consumption : a quantile regression approach
Schmidt, Christoph M.; Tauchmann, Harald - 2010
This paper addresses the question of whether the effect of parental drinking on children’s later consumption of alcohol … effect is more prominent in the upper tail than elsewhere in the distribution of children’s alcohol consumption, conventional … regression analyses that focus on the mean effect may substantially underrate parental drinking as a risk factor for children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966863
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Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Alcohol Consumption – A Quantile Regression Approach
Schmidt, Christoph M.; Tauchmann, Harald - 2010
This paper addresses the question of whether the effect of parental drinking on children’s later consumption of alcohol … effect is more prominent in the upper tail than elsewhere in the distribution of children’s alcohol consumption, conventional … regression analyses that focus on the mean effect may substantially underrate parental drinking as a risk factor for children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014194588
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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 aims to assess whether there is a causal relationship between weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals. To address the endogeneity of weight loss that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286369
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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 aims to assess whether there is a causal relationship between weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals. To address the endogeneity of weight loss that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282668
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The Causal Impact of Fear of Unemployment on Psychological Health
Reichert, Arndt; Tauchmann, Harald - 2011
We analyze the effect of job insecurity on psychological health. We extend the group of people being affected to employees who have insecure jobs to account for a broader measure of the mental health consequences of potential unemployment. Using panel data with staff reductions in the company as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283750
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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
In a randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese persons assigned to three experimental groups, we test whether financial incentives have heterogeneous effects on weight reduction. While two treatment groups obtain EUR 150 and EUR 300, respectively, for achieving an individually-assigned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289831