A case study of a workplace wellness program that offers financial incentives for weight loss
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Keywords
Obesity; Behavioral economics; Incentives; Weight loss; Time-inconsistent preferences; Hyperbolic discounting; Health; Workplace wellness;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
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