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Does Money Burn Fat? – Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012
We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese persons assigned to three experimental groups. While two treatment groups obtain €150 and €300, respectively, for achieving an individually assigned target weight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289835
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Does money burn fat? Evidence from a randomized experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012
We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese persons assigned to three experimental groups. While two treatment groups obtain €150 and €300, respectively, for achieving an individually assigned target weight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289998
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Heterogeneous Causal Effects of Financial Incentives on Weight Loss – Results of a Large Prospective Randomized Trial
Reuss-Borst, Monika; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2012
In a randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese persons assigned to three experimental groups, we test whether financial incentives have heterogeneous effects on weight reduction. While two treatment groups obtain EUR 150 and EUR 300, respectively, for achieving an individually-assigned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289831
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Heterogeneous Causal Effects of Financial Incentives on Weight Loss – Results of a Large Prospective Randomized Trial
Reuss-Borst, Monika; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
In a randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese persons assigned to three experimental groups, we test whether financial incentives have heterogeneous effects on weight reduction. While two treatment groups obtain EUR 150 and EUR 300, respectively, for achieving an individually-assigned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010600846
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Does Money Burn Fat? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese persons assigned to three experimental groups. While two treatment groups obtain €150 and €300, respectively, for achieving an individually assigned target weight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010578207
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Does money burn fat? : evidence from a randomized experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012
for weight loss ; obesity ; nonrandom sample attrition ; effect heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669779
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Does money burn fat? : evidence from a randomized experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012
for weight loss ; obesity ; nonrandom sample attrition ; effect heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629768
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Heterogeneous causal effects of financial incentives on weight loss : results of a large prospective randomized trial
Reuss-Borst, Monika; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2012
induce weight loss. -- Randomized experiment ; financial incentives for weight loss ; obesity ; subgroups ; effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009670960
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Weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals : establishing a causal link
Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 243 (2023) 6, pp. 663-698
Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper …
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The other ex ante moral hazard in health
Bhattacharya, Jay; Packalen, Mikko - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 1, pp. 135-146
associated chronic conditions and behavioral patterns such as obesity, smoking, and malnutrition increase the incidence of many … externality for obesity. The lower bound is independent of how much additional innovation is generated. The results show that the … externality we identify offsets the negative Medicare-induced insurance externality of obesity. The Medicare-induced obesity …
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