Does moderate weight loss affect subjective health perception in obese individuals? Evidence from field experimental data
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- Lucas Hafner & Harald Tauchmann & Ansgar Wübker, 2021. "Does moderate weight loss affect subjective health perception in obese individuals? Evidence from field experimental data," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 61(4), pages 2293-2333, October.
- Hafner, Lucas & Tauchmann, Harald & Wübker, Ansgar, 2017. "Does moderate weight loss affect subjective health perception in obese individuals? Evidence from field experimental data," Ruhr Economic Papers 730, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
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Keywords
self-rated health; BMI; obesity; randomized experiment; short-term effect; instrumental variable;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2018-02-05 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2018-02-05 (Health Economics)
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