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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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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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Do commuting subsidies drive workers to better firms?
Agrawal, David R.; Jahn, Elke J.; Janeba, Eckhard - 2024
An unappreciated potential benefit of commuting subsidies is that they can expand the choice set of feasible job opportunities in a way that facilitates a better job match quality. Variations in wages and initial commuting distances, combined with major reforms of the commuting subsidy formula...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486808
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Conspicuous Leisure, Time Allocation, and Obesity Kuznets Curves
Mathieu-Bolh, Nathalie; Wendner, Ronald - 2021
We build a theoretical model to explain the complex patterns of income and obesity, accounting for changes in behavior … levels of income per worker to body weight. Thus, our model helps explain the rise and slowdown in obesity prevalence in the … USA, as well as the positive correlation between obesity and income per worker in developing countries, and the negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219520
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Age-dependent employment protection
Chéron, Arnaud (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper examines the age-related design of firing taxes by extending the theory of job creation and job destruction to account for a finite working life-time. We first argue that the potential employment gains related to employment protection are high for older workers, but higher firing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778997
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Analyzing economic policies that affect supply and demand : a structural model of productivity, labor supply and rationing ; conference paper
Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2014
In this paper a labor supply model with demand side rationing is estimated to analyze the economic policies that directly affect incentives to work as well as labor costs. The framework is applied to evaluate the employment effects of a federal minimum wage in Germany and the impact of employer-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010486670
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Can a Shorter Workweek Induce Higher Employment? Mandatory Reductions in the Workweek and Employment Subsidies
Erbas, S. Nuri - 2006
A reduction in the legal workweek may induce a degree of downward wage flexibility, while an employment subsidy to firms accommodates downward wage rigidity. It may be possible, therefore, to increase employment with a policy that combines a reduction in the workweek with an employment subsidy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012782550
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The Impact of In-Work Benefits on Poverty and Household Labour Supply - a Simulation Study for Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael; Leu, Robert E. - 2021
Income support for working low income families (the "working poor") is on top of the political agenda in Switzerland. The current social assistance system is considered inadequate to support working poor households. Labour unions propose the introduction of a general minimum wage, whereas the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319963
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Earmarking and the political support of fat taxes
Cremer, Helmuth; Goulão, Catarina; Roeder, Kerstin - 2015
A fat and a healthy good provide immediate gratification, and cause health costs or benefits in the long run, which are misperceived. Additionally, the fat good (healthy good) increases (decreases) health care costs by increasing (decreasing) the probability of suffering from a chronic disease...
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
A fat and a healthy good provide immediate gratification, and cause health costs or benefits in the long run, which are misperceived. Additionally, the fat good (healthy good) increases (decreases) health care costs by increasing (decreasing) the probability of suffering from a chronic disease...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343082