Harald Tauchmann

Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)

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1.

The Causal Impact of Fear of Unemployment on Psychological Health

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 266
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Jul 2011
Arndt R. Reichert and Harald Tauchmann
World Bank and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Fear of unemployment, mental health, job insecurity, labor market dynamics

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Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach

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Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3412
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Harald Tauchmann, Silja Göhlmann, Till Requate and Christoph M. Schmidt
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), University of Kiel - Department of Economics and RWI - Leibniz-Insitut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen)
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complements or substitutes, interdependence in consumption, tobacco and alcohol, insufficient price-variation, instrumental variables approach

Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 34
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 Jan 2008
Harald Tauchmann, Silja Göhlmann, Till Requate and Christoph M. Schmidt
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), University of Kiel - Department of Economics and RWI - Leibniz-Insitut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen)
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Complements or substitutes, interdependence in consumption, tobacco and alcohol, insufficient price-variation,instrumental variables approach

Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6780
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Jun 2008
Silja Göhlmann, Till Requate, Christoph M. Schmidt and Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), University of Kiel - Department of Economics, RWI - Leibniz-Insitut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen) and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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complements or substitutes, instrumental variables approach, insufficient price-variation, interdependence in consumption, tobacco and alcohol

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A Note on Consistency of Heckman-Type Two-Step Estimators for the Multivariate Sample-Selection Model

RWI: Discussion Paper No. 40
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 May 2006
Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Multivariate sample-selection model, censored system of equations

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Does Money Burn Fat? – Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

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Does Money Burn Fat? – Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 368
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Oct 2012
Boris Augurzky, Thomas K. Bauer, Arndt R. Reichert, Christoph M. Schmidt and Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), World Bank, RWI - Leibniz-Insitut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen) and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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randomized experiment, financial incentives for weight loss, obesity, nonrandom sample attrition, effect heterogeneity

Does Money Burn Fat? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6888
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Oct 2012
Boris Augurzky, Thomas K. Bauer, Arndt R. Reichert, Christoph M. Schmidt and Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), World Bank, RWI - Leibniz-Insitut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen) and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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randomized experiment, financial incentives for weight loss, obesity, non-random sample attrition, effect heterogeneity

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How Health Plan Enrollees Value Prices Relative to Supplemental Benefits and Service Quality

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How Health Plan Enrollees Value Prices Relative to Supplemental Benefits and Service Quality

SOEPpaper No. 741
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Mar 2015
Christian Bünnings, Hendrik Schmitz, Harald Tauchmann and Nicolas R. Ziebarth
University of Paderborn, University of Duisburg-Essen - Department of Economics and Business Administration, Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) and Cornell University
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service quality, non-essential benefits, prices, health plan switching, German sickness funds, SOEP

How Health Plan Enrollees Value Prices Relative to Supplemental Benefits and Service Quality

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 545
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Apr 2015
Christian Bünnings, Hendrik Schmitz, Harald Tauchmann and Nicolas R. Ziebarth
University of Paderborn, University of Duisburg-Essen - Department of Economics and Business Administration, Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) and Cornell University
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Service quality; non-essential benefits; prices; health plan switching; German sickness funds; SOEP

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Price Elasticities and Social Health Insurance Choice in Germany: A Dynamic Panel Data Approach

RWI Discussion Paper No. 28
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Aug 2005
Stefan Gress, Marcus Tamm, Harald Tauchmann and Jürgen Wasem
University of Applied Sciences Fulda, RWI, Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) and University of Duisburg-Essen
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Competition, generalized method of moments, health insurance

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Less Social Health Insurance - More Private Supplementary Insurance? - Empirical Evidence from Germany

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 46
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 May 2008
Boris Augurzky and Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Supplementary private health insurance, dentures, difference- indifferences

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Do Organizational Forms Matter? An Econometric Analysis of Innovativeness in the German Wastewater Sector

RWI Discussion Paper No. 22
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Dec 2004
Harald Tauchmann and Hartmut Clausen
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) and Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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Wastewater services, innovativeness, structural econometric model

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Small Cash Rewards for Big Losers – Experimental Insights into the Fight Against the Obesity Epidemic

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Small Cash Rewards for Big Losers – Experimental Insights into the Fight Against the Obesity Epidemic

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 530
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Feb 2015
Boris Augurzky, Thomas K. Bauer, Arndt R. Reichert, Christoph M. Schmidt and Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), World Bank, RWI - Leibniz-Insitut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen) and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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field experiment; weight cycling; sustainability; incentives

Small Cash Rewards for Big Losers: Experimental Insights into the Fight Against the Obesity Epidemic

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7339
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Boris Augurzky, Thomas K. Bauer, Arndt R. Reichert, Christoph M. Schmidt and Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), World Bank, RWI - Leibniz-Insitut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen) and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Social Protections & Assistance

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Firing the Furnace? - an Econometric Analysis of Utilities' Fuel Choice

RWI: Discussion Paper No. 17
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Aug 2004
Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Fuel mix, high-carbon fuels, CO2 emissions trading

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Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? - a Statistical Guinea Pig Approach

RWI Discussion Paper No. 52
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Jan 2007
Harald Tauchmann, Silja Göhlmann, Till Requate and Christoph M. Schmidt
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), University of Kiel - Department of Economics and RWI - Leibniz-Insitut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen)
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Interdependence in consumption, tobacco and alcohol, instrumental variables approach

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Much Ado About Nothing? Smoking Bans and Germany’s Hospitality Industry

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 172
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2010
Michael Kvasnicka and Harald Tauchmann
RWI Essen (Berlin Office) and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Smoking Bans, Sales, Intra-Country Regional Variation

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The Effect of Self-Assessed Job Security on the Demand for Medical Rehab

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 162
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Feb 2010
Boris Augurzky, Arndt R. Reichert and Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), World Bank and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Rehab; unemployment, health care utilizatio, job worries, absenteeism, sick leave

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Regional Differences in the Efficiency of Health Production: An Artefact of Spatial Dependence?

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 112
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2009
Stefan Felder and Harald Tauchmann
Otto von Guericke Universitaet Magdeburg and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Health production, data envelopment analysis, spatial autoregressive model

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The Causal Link between Financial Incentives and Weight Loss

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 290
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Nov 2011
Alfredo R. Paloyo, Arndt R. Reichert, Harald Tauchmann and Holger Reinermann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen), World Bank, Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) and University of Cologne - SOCLIFE Research Training Group
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Financial incentives, weight loss, obesity, randomized experiment, survey

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Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Alcohol Consumption – A Quantile Regression Approach

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Jun 2010
Christoph M. Schmidt and Harald Tauchmann
RWI - Leibniz-Insitut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen) and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Alcohol consumption, intergenerational transmission, heterogeneity, censored quantile regression

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Who Opts Out of the Statutory Health Insurance?

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 458
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Apr 2015
Harald Tauchmann and Christian Bünnings
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) and University of Paderborn
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Statutory and private health insurance; incentives; personality traits

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West-East Convergence in the Prevalence of Illicit Drugs: Socioeconomics or Culture?

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West-East Convergence in the Prevalence of Illicit Drugs: Socioeconomics or Culture?

Economics Discussion Paper No. 2008-8
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Dec 2010
Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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illicit drugs, west-east convergence, decomposition

West-East Convergence in the Prevalence of Illicit Drugs: Socioeconomics or Culture?

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 61
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Oct 2008
Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Illicit drugs, west-east convergence, decomposition

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Weight Loss and Sexual Activity in Adult Obese Individuals: Establishing a Causal Link

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Aug 2015
Arndt R. Reichert, Harald Tauchmann and Ansgar Wübker
World Bank, Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) and RWI
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Obesity; sexual partnership; frequency of intercourse; randomized trial; weight-loss incentives

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Being Focused: When the Purpose of Inference Matters for Model Selection

RUHR Economic Paper No. 264
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 Jul 2011
Holger Dette, Manuel Frondel, Peter Behl and Harald Tauchmann
Ruhr University of Bochum - Faculty of Mathematics, RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Ruhr University of Bochum and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Information Criteria, translog cost function, cross-price elasticities

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When Outcome Heterogeneously Matters for Selection – A Generalized Selection Correction Estimator

Ruhr Economic Paper No. 372
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 31 Oct 2012
Arndt R. Reichert and Harald Tauchmann
World Bank and Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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selection bias, interaction, heterogeneity, generalized estimator

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West-East Convergence in the Prevalence of Cannabis Use: Socioeconomics or Culture?

Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Vol. 2, 2008-29
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Dec 2010
Harald Tauchmann
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
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Cannabis consumption, west-east convergence, decompos