Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss

John Cawley & Joshua A. Price
Published Date
Copyright 2011
ISBN 9780226310091
Economic Aspects of Obesity
Book: Economic Aspects of Obesity
Book editors: Michael Grossman & Naci H. Mocan
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Download Purchase Book
  • John Cawley and Joshua A. Price, Economic Aspects of Obesity (University of Chicago Press, 2011), chap. 4, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/economic-aspects-obesity/outcomes-program-offers-financial-rewards-weight-loss.

Related

Topics

Microeconomics
Behavioral Economics
Health, Education, and Welfare
Health
Labor Economics

Published From Paper

Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss
- Working Paper
Obesity rates in the U.S. have doubled since 1980. Given the medical, social, and financial costs of obesity, a large...

More from the NBER

In addition to working papers, the NBER disseminates affiliates’ latest findings through a range of free periodicals — the NBER Reporter, the NBER Digest, the Bulletin on Health, and the Bulletin on Entrepreneurship — as well as online conference reports, video lectures, and interviews.

2026, 18th Annual Feldstein Lecture, Mark Duggan, "Social Security Reform in an Era of Fiscal Deficits" Primary tabs
2026, 18th Annual Feldstein Lecture, Mark Duggan, "Social Security Reform in an Era of Fiscal Deficits"
  • Feldstein Lecture
Mark Duggan, who is currently the Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics at Stanford University and will soon...
SI 2026 Methods Lecture
2026, Methods Lecture, Melissa Dell and Ashesh Rambachan, "Estimation and Inference with AI-Generated Data"
  • Methods Lectures
Research Associate Melissa Dell of Harvard University and Ashesh Rambachan of MIT delivered the 2026 Methods...
Using AI in Household Finance Research: A Practical Guide
2026, SI Household Finance, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, "Using AI in Household Finance Research: A Practical Guide"
  • Video
Supported by the Vanguard Group