TY  - JOUR
A1  - Marcus, Jan
A1  - Siedler, Thomas
A1  - Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
T1  - The long-run effects of sports club vouchers for primary school children
JF  - American economic journal: economic policy
N2  - Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the twenty-first century. While small-scale experiments change behaviors among adults in the short run, we know little about the effectiveness of large-scale policies or the longer-run impacts. To nudge primary school children into a long-term habit of exercising, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders in 2009. In 2018, we carried out a register-based survey to evaluate the policy. Even after a decade, awareness of the voucher program was significantly higher in the treatment group. We also find that youth received and redeemed the vouchers. However, we do not find significant short- or long-term effects on sports club membership, physical activity, overweightness, or motor skills. Apparently, membership vouchers for children are not a strong enough policy tool to overcome barriers to exercise regularly.
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200431
SN  - 1945-7731
SN  - 1945-774X
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
SP  - 128
EP  - 165
PB  - American Economic Association
CY  - Nashville
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bäuml, Matthias
A1  - Marcus, Jan
A1  - Siedler, Thomas
T1  - Health effects of a ban on late-night alcohol sales
JF  - Health economics
N2  - This paper studies the impact of a ban on late-night off-premise alcohol sales between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in Germany. We use three large administrative data sets: (i) German diagnosis related groups-Statistik, (ii) data from a large social health insurance, and (iii) Road Traffic Accident Statistics. Applying difference-in-differences and synthetic-control-group methods, we find that the ban had no effects on alcohol-related road casualties, but significantly reduced alcohol-related hospitalizations (doctor visits) among young people by around 9 (18) percent. The decrease is driven by fewer hospitalizations due to acute alcohol intoxication during the night—when the ban is in place—but not during the day.
KW  - alcohol control policies
KW  - binge drinking
KW  - difference-in-difference
KW  - road casualties
KW  - sales restriction
KW  - synthetic control
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4610
SN  - 1099-1050
SN  - 1057-9230
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
SP  - 65
EP  - 89
PB  - Wiley
CY  - New York, NY
ER  -