Ansgar Wübker
Biographic Data
| ID | 6550752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ansgar Wübker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ansgar |
| FAMILY NAME | Wübker |
| SIGNATURE | WÜBKER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7159-2846 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Health drain
Internal migration can increase regional disparities in healthcare costs between economically disadvantaged and more prosperous regions in the same country. Persons who move to more prosperous regions tend to be young and healthy while persons who move to or remain in economically disadvantaged regions are on average older and sicker. In this study, we propose a novel framework that allows estimating the effect of internal migration and resulting…
Weight Loss and Sexual Activity in Adult Obese Individuals
Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper aims to assess whether there is a causal relationship between weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals. To address the endogeneity of weight loss that is likely to result in biased estimation results, the analysis is based on data from a randomized field experiment. In this experiment, financial weight-loss rew…
Does moderate weight loss affect subjective health perception in obese individuals? Evidence from field experimental data
This paper analyzes whether moderate weight reduction improves subjective health perception in obese individuals. Besides simple regression models, in a simultaneous equation framework we use randomized monetary weight loss incentives as instrument for weight change, to address possible endogeneity bias. In contrast to related earlier work that also employed instrumental variables estimation, identification does not rely on long-term, between-ind…
The influence of insurance status on waiting times in German acute care hospitals
Discrimination in waiting times by insurance status does occur in the German acute hospital sector. Since there is very little transparency in treatment quality in Germany, we do not know whether discrimination in waiting times leads to discrimination in the quality of treatment. This is an important issue for future research
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The influence of insurance status on waiting times in German acute care hospitals
Discrimination in waiting times by insurance status does occur in the German acute hospital sector. Since there is very little transparency in treatment quality in Germany, we do not know whether discrimination in waiting times leads to discrimination in the quality of treatment. This is an important issue for future research
Does moderate weight loss affect subjective health perception in obese individuals? Evidence from field experimental data
This paper analyzes whether moderate weight reduction improves subjective health perception in obese individuals. Besides simple regression models, in a simultaneous equation framework we use randomized monetary weight loss incentives as instrument for weight change, to address possible endogeneity bias. In contrast to related earlier work that also employed instrumental variables estimation, identification does not rely on long-term, between-ind…
Weight Loss and Sexual Activity in Adult Obese Individuals
Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper aims to assess whether there is a causal relationship between weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals. To address the endogeneity of weight loss that is likely to result in biased estimation results, the analysis is based on data from a randomized field experiment. In this experiment, financial weight-loss rew…
Health drain
Internal migration can increase regional disparities in healthcare costs between economically disadvantaged and more prosperous regions in the same country. Persons who move to more prosperous regions tend to be young and healthy while persons who move to or remain in economically disadvantaged regions are on average older and sicker. In this study, we propose a novel framework that allows estimating the effect of internal migration and resulting…
Economics (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Endogeneity (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Instrumental variable (2 works) · Obesity (2 works)