, we use a combination of lab, field, and survey evidence to study whether these two types of behaviour are indeed linked … behaviour in cashing the check and completing tasks on time. Our results lend support to the hypothesis that subjects who have a …

firms’ dynamic behaviour in factor markets. …

This paper examines the implications for health policy of recent demographic trends. It examines the remarkable … too late to affect the trends which arise out of current demographic behaviour. …

. The sin good brings pleasure but has a detrimental effect on second period health and individuals tend to underestimate … this effect. In the second period, individuals can devote part of their saving to improve their health status and thus … period health care decision: either individuals acknowledge that they have made a mistake in the first period out of myopia …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …

Increases in human stature are seen as a key indicator of improvement in the average health of populations. The … increased by 11cm--representing a dramatic improvement in health. Interestingly, there was a distinct acceleration in the period … and falling family size had more modest effects. Improvements in health care are hard to identify and the effects of the …

We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public health costs. We focus on job … loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse causality problem of deteriorating health leading to job loss … as job displacements due to plant closure are unlikely caused by workers' health status, but potentially have important …

health - the paper also studies the impact of context on risk attitudes, finding a strong but imperfect correlation across …