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Does moderate weight loss affect subjective health perception in obese individuals? : evidence from field experimental data
Hafner, Lucas; Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - 2017
This paper analyzes whether moderate weight reduction improves subjective health perception in obese individuals. To cure possible endogeneity bias in the regression analysis, we use randomized monetary weight loss incentives as instrument for weight change. In contrast to related earlier work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011773728
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Does moderate weight loss affect subjective health perception in obese individuals? : evidence from field experimental data
Hafner, Lucas; Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - 2017
This paper analyzes whether moderate weight reduction improves subjective health perception in obese individuals. To cure possible endogeneity bias in the regression analysis, we use randomized monetary weight loss incentives as instrument for weight change. In contrast to related earlier work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764642
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Happy house : spousal weight and individual well-being
Clark, Andrew E.; Etilé, Fabrice - 2010
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 … the correlation between satisfaction and own BMI is initially positive, but turns negative after some threshold …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826901
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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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Does moderate weight loss affect subjective health perception in obese individuals? : evidence from field experimental data
Hafner, Lucas; Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - In: Empirical economics : a quarterly journal of the … 61 (2021) 4, pp. 2293-2333
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012622489
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Maternal employment and childhood overweight in Germany
Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte - In: Economics and human biology 23 (2016), pp. 84-102
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638032
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Obesity and happiness
Katsaiti, Marina-Selini - 2010
This paper provides insight on the relationship between obesity and happiness. Using the latest available cross … that in all three countries obesity has a negative and significant effect on the subjective well being of individuals. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824464
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Obesity and happiness
Katsaiti, Marina-Selini - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003949786
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Obesity and happiness
Katsaiti, Marina-Selini - In: Applied economics 44 (2012) 31/33, pp. 4101-4114
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009713538
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Obesity and Happiness
Katsaiti, Marina Selini - 2010
This paper provides insight on the relationship between obesity and happiness. Using the latest available cross … that in all three countries obesity has a negative and significant effect on the subjective well being of individuals. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147955