-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR … Erreichen dieses neuen (‚gesünderen‘) Gleichgewichts durch den zweiten Anreiz lediglich beschleunigt wurde. Im Gegensatz zur …

-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR …

We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 … health improvements. The higher reward causes only the group of obese women to lose more weight. Overall, the results suggest … that financial incentives can motivate people to lose weight significantly. -- Randomized experiment ; financial incentives …

We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 … health improvements. The higher reward causes only the group of obese women to lose more weight. Overall, the results suggest … that financial incentives can motivate people to lose weight significantly. -- randomized experiment ; financial incentives …

induce weight loss. -- Randomized experiment ; financial incentives for weight loss ; obesity ; subgroups ; effect … financial incentives have heterogeneous effects on weight reduction. While two treatment groups obtain EUR 150 and EUR 300 … financial incentives. Our conclusions are the following: (1) monetary rewards effectively induce obese individuals to reduce …

I study the economic value of obesity - a seemingly inconsequential but unhealthy status symbol in poor countries …. Randomizing decision-makers in Kampala, Uganda to view weight-manipulated portraits, I make four findings. First, obesity is … real-stakes experiment involving loan officers, the obesity premium is comparable to raising borrower self …