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Time preference and health : the problem of obesity
Cavaliere, Alessia; De Marchi, Elisa; Banterle, Alessandro - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011765162
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Age-period-cohort modelling and covariates, with anapplication to obesity in England 2001-2014
Fannon, Zoë; Monden, Christiaan; Nielsen, Bent - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012492535
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A semi-parametric approach to the Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition with continuous group variable and self-selection
Rios-Avila, Fernando - In: Econometrics : open access journal 7 (2019) 2/28, pp. 1-29
used to revisit the impact of body weight on wages, using body mass index (BMI) as the continuum of groups, finding …
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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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Paternalistic taxation of unhealthy food and the intensive versus extensive margin of obesity
Kalamov, Zarko Y.; Runkel, Marco - 2018
This paper shows that if an individual's health costs are U-shaped in weight with a minimum at some healthy weight level and if the individual has both self control problems and rational motives for over- or underweight, the optimal paternalistic tax on unhealthy food mitigates the individual's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800144
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Tax solutions to the external costs of obesity
Elston, Julie Ann Michelle; Stanton, Kenneth R.; Levy, … - In: Obesity, business and public policy, (pp. 171-188). 2008
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Economic aspects and implications of obesity
Hefti, Elise - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003866153
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A rational eating model of binges, diets and obesity
Dragone, Davide - In: Journal of health economics 28 (2009) 4, pp. 799-804
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900161
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What causes obesity? : and why has it grown so much? ; an alternative view
Tomer, John F. - 2010
The purpose of this paper is to explain the main social and economic facts concerning obesity in a way that … crucial factors. To understand the rising prevalence of obesity, it is necessary to take into account the growing … infrastructure of obesity. This infrastructure includes food processing firms, notably their behavior relating to the qualities of …
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