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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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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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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336980
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Earmarking and the political support of fat taxes
Cremer, Helmuth; Goulão, Catarina; Roeder, Kerstin - 2015 - Rev. August 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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343082
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Maternal employment and childhood overweight in Germany
Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte - 2015
A widespread finding among studies from the US and the UK is that maternal employment is correlated with an increased risk of child overweight, even in a causal manner, whereas studies from European countries obtain less conclusive results. As evidence for Germany is still scarce, the purpose of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335006
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Early Childhood
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2008
. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases cause social costs. Further, they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298650