Consumer Behaviour, Labour Supply and Diabetes: The Complex Case

This article examines the behaviour of a consumer diagnosed with diabetes. It is shown that the medical treatment of the disease creates incentives that make diabetic's consumption and wieght display cyclical patterns. One implication is that labour supply can be cyclical as well.

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Year of publication:	1999-08-01
Authors:	Faria, Joao Ricardo
Institutions:	Finance Discipline Group, Business School
Subject:	consumption behaviour \| labour supply \| limit cycles \| health

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 88
Classification:	D91 - Intertemporal Consumer Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving ; D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory ; C61 - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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