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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness

Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016

We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom...

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In vino pecunia? : the association between beverage-specific drinking behavior and wages

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008

The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature …-specific drinking behavior and wages. In our analysis, we disentangle the general wage effect of drinking into diverse effects for … different types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages …

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The long-run effects of sports club vouchers for primary school children

Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021

Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders in the state. The policy's objective was to encourage them to develop a long-term habit of exercising. In 2018, we carried out a large register-based survey among several...

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"Do I really need to go to rehab? I'd say no, no, no." : estimating price elasticities of convalescent care programs

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009

This study is the first to estimate the price elasticities of demand for both medical rehabilitation programs and treatment at health spas. In Germany, the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) covers both forms of therapy if administered in authorized medical facilities on referral from a physician....

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A natural experiment on sick pay cuts, sickness absence, and labor costs

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - 2009

federal law reduced the legal obligation of German employers to provide 100 percent continued wages for up to six weeks per …

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The effects of expanding the generosity of the statutory sickness insurance system

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - 2009

In 1999, in Germany, the statutory sick pay level was increased from 80 to 100 percent of foregone earnings for sicknessepisodes of up to six weeks. We show that this reform has led to an increase in average absence days of about 10 percent or one additional day per employee, per year. The...

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Assessing the effectiveness of health care cost containment measures

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011

Using SOEP panel data and difference-in-differences methods, this study is the first to empirically evaluate the effectiveness of four different health care cost containment measures within an integrated framework. The four measures investigated were introduced in Germany in 1997 to reduce moral...

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Long-term absenteeism and moral hazard : evidence from a natural experiment

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009

Sick leave payments represent a significant portion of public health expenditures and labor costs. Reductions in replacement levels are a commonly used instrument to tackle moral hazard and to increase the efficiency of the health insurance market. In Germany's Statutory Health Insurance (SHI)...

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