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Returns to Childbirth Technologies : Evidence from Preterm Births
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2014
We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician...
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Exploring the causal relation between obesity and alcohol use, and educational outcomes
Vuik, Sabine; Devaux, Marion; Cecchini, Michele - 2019
Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk … study was to assess a potential causal relationship between obesity or alcohol use, and educational outcomes, in Germany …-invariant confounders. The results suggest that the presence of obesity during childhood, as well as alcohol consumption during childhood …
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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018
This paper examines weight loss and the formation of healthy habits through cash rewards in the context of a multi-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR 300 on body weight during all experimental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823823
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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018
This paper examines weight loss and the formation of healthy habits through cash rewards in the context of a multi-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR 300 on body weight during all experimental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011846799
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The effect of early universal daycare on child weight problems : conference paper
Lauber, Verena; Thomas, Lampert - 2014 - Preliminary version
As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care. This is of special relevance as investments in the early periods of life are shown to be most important for a child’s long term development. Based on the German national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484381
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Impact of Changes in Relationship Status on Smoking Behavior and Body Weight
Hillebrandt, Marc-Andre - 2021
This paper examines whether and how changes in relationship status (i. e., cohabitation, marriage, separation, or divorce) affect individuals’ smoking behavior and body weight. Using German Socio-Economic Panel data, this study accounts for differences between treated (i. e., those affected by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243843
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I'm not fat, just too short for my weight: Family child care and obesity in Germany
Mahler, Philippe - 2007
Obesity is increasing worldwide for both adults and children. Genetic disposition is responsible for some variation in … obesity in children and adults. This paper analyzes the effect of mother's labor supply in childhood on young adults … increase in obesity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315560
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Changes in Body Weight and Lifestyle Behaviors among U.S. Adults following the Introduction of COVID-19 Lockdown : Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Sung, Jaesang; Davis, Will; Qiu, Qihua - 2021
Index and the probability of obesity for adults in the United States. Using a difference-in-differences framework which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324432
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The formation and malleability of dietary habits : a field experiment with low income families
Belot, Michèle; Berlin, Noemi; James, Jonathan G.; … - 2018
We conduct a field experiment to evaluate the extent to which dietary habits are malleable early on in childhood and later in life. We implement two treatments one that targets what people eat, the other that targets the timing and frequency of food intake. 285 low income families with young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796428
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Earmarking and the political support of fat taxes
Cremer, Helmuth; Goulão, Catarina; Roeder, Kerstin - 2015
subsidy on the healthy good. This earmarking rule is determined at a constitutional stage to maximize utilitarian or Rawlsian … fat tax. Instead, it may involve a tradeoff between the fat tax and the healthy good subsidy. …
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