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Regulating employees' health behaviors : the effects of personal health-related orientations on legitimacy perceptions of organizational programs and policies
Klautke, Hannah; Park, Hee Sun - In: The international journal of business science & applied … 6 (2011) 1, pp. 1-15
ratings that accompanied increased control over employee fitness and health risk appraisal. On the other hand , individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894296
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Occasional smoking and body weight among adults
Kasteridis, Panagiotis; Yen, Steven T. - In: Applied economic perspectives and policy 36 (2014) 3, pp. 479-503
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279819
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The demand for cigarettes as derived from the demand for weight loss : a theoretical and empirical investigation
Cawley, John H.; Dragone, Davide; Hinke Kessler … - In: Health economics 25 (2016) 1, pp. 8-23
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540470
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Health risk factors among the older European populations : personal and country effects
García-Muñoz, Teresa M.; Neuman, Shoshana; Neuman, Tzahi - 2014
consumption and obesity) - both at the individual and country levels. The main findings are: (i) SAHS regressions provide clear … effects of country-specific risk factors (country-level measures of smoking, obesity, and alcohol consumption) on the … obese individuals in the country. It appears that country-level smoking and obesity affect negatively aggregate country SAHS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413782
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The effect of higher education on women's obesity and smoking : evidence from college openings in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2022
This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education and body weight and smoking behavior among women in Turkey. We exploit the largely exogenous and substantial increase in the openings of universities throughout Turkey. Based on the spatial and temporal variability of university...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198942
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Will a decline in smoking increase body weights? : evidence from Belarus
Amialchuk, Aliaksandr; Bornukova, Kateryna; Ali, Mir M. - In: Eastern economic journal 44 (2018) 2, pp. 190-210
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Biased health perceptions and risky health behaviors : theory and evidence
Arni, Patrick; Dragone, Davide; Götte, Lorenz; … - 2020
This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance. Next, we decompose the theoretical effect into its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228534
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Obesity and smoking : can we kill two birds with one tax?
Dragone, Davide; Manaresi, Francesco; Savorelli, Luca - In: Health economics 25 (2016) 11, pp. 1464-1482
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011718430
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The effect of education on health : evidence from the 1997 compulsory schooling reform in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2019
attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005783
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The effect of education on health : evidence from the 1997 compulsory schooling reform in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2019
attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159294