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Impatience, Incentives, and Obesity
Courtemanche, Charles J. - 2011
This paper explores the relationship between time preferences, economic incentives, and body mass index (BMI). Using … to the largest weight gains among those exhibiting the most impatience. The interaction of changing economic incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461174
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Impatience, Incentives, and Obesity
Courtemanche, Charles; Heutel, Garth; McAlvanah, Patrick - 2012
This paper explores the relationship between time preferences, economic incentives, and body mass index (BMI). Using … economic incentives with heterogeneous discounting may help explain why increases in BMI have been concentrated amongst the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014166144
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Outcomes in a program that offers financial rewards for weight loss
Cawley, John H.; Price, Joshua A. - In: Economic aspects of obesity, (pp. 91-126). 2011
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Weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals : establishing a causal link
Reichert, Arndt R.; Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - 2015
Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper aims to assess whether there is a causal relationship between weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals. To address the endogeneity of weight loss that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282771
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Weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals : establishing a causal link
Reichert, Arndt R.; Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - 2015
Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper aims to assess whether there is a causal relationship between weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals. To address the endogeneity of weight loss that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287088
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Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss
Cawley, John - 2010
financial incentives at all and serve as a control group. We examine the basic patterns of enrollment, attrition, and weight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152676
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A case study of a workplace wellness program that offers financial incentives for weight loss
Cawley, John H.; Price, Joshua A. - In: Journal of health economics 32 (2013) 5, pp. 794-803
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Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss
Cawley, John - 2009
financial incentives at all and serve as a control group. We examine the basic patterns of enrollment, attrition, and weight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463662
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The effects of a commitment device on health outcomes : reputational commitment and weight loss in an online experiment
Savani, Manu Manthri - In: International journal of applied behavioral economics : … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 1-20
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941331
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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018
-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR … Erreichen dieses neuen (‚gesünderen‘) Gleichgewichts durch den zweiten Anreiz lediglich beschleunigt wurde. Im Gegensatz zur …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011846799