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- Received April 1, 2013
- Accepted May 1, 2014
- Published online July 30, 2015.
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- Arndt R. Reichert⇑
- Arndt R. Reichert is an economist at the World Bank and affiliated with the Rhine Westphalia Institute for Economic Research.
- Address for correspondence: Arndt R. Reichert, The World Bank, 1818 H Street, Washington, D.C. email: areichert{at}worldbank.de.
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- Abstract
- I. Introduction
- II. Background
- III. Experiment and Data
- IV. Estimation Strategy
- V. Results
- VI. Sample Selection
- VII. Effect Size and Employment Legislation
- VIII. Potential Mediators of Weight Loss
- IX. Discussion and Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A Worst-Case Reduced-Form Effect Bounds
- Appendix B Fiscal Effects of the Weight-Loss Intervention
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