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Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...

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Taxes, Cigarette Consumption and Smoking Intensity

Adda, Jérôme; Cornaglia, Francesca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

detrimental to health, our results question the usefulness of tax increases. Second, we develop a model of rational addiction …

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Smoking Bans, Cigarette Prices and Life Satisfaction

Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

of smokers who recently failed to quit smoking. The latter finding is consistent with cue-triggered models of addiction …

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Caught in the Bulimic Trap? Persistence and State Dependence of Bulimia Among Young Women

Goeree, Michelle S.; Ham, John C.; Iorio, Daniela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

, together with support from the medical literature, provide evidence that bulimia should be considered an addiction. Our …

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Smoking, Income and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Smoking Bans

Brodeur, Abel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper investigates the effects of local smoking bans on different out-comes using county and time variation over the last 20 years in the US. First, I find no evidence that local smoking bans in bars, restaurants and workplaces decrease the prevalence of smoking. The estimates are very...

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The Economics of Workaholism: We Should Not Have Worked on This Paper

Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Slemrod, Joel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

A large literature examines the addictive properties of such behaviors as smoking, drinking alcohol and eating. We argue that for some people addictive behavior may apply to a much more central aspect of economic life: working. Workaholism is subject to the same concerns about the individual as...

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Gambling and the Use of Credit: An Individual and Household Level Analysis

Brown, Sarah; Dickerson, Andy; McHardy, Jolian; Taylor, Karl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We explore the relationship between gambling and other forms of risk-taking behaviour, i.e. exposure to debt and the … Expenditure and Food Surveys (EFS), 2001 to 2007. Gambling and the use of credit are shown to be positively correlated at the … household level. While both the incidence and amount of gambling vary according to household income, the positive association …

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Eingeschränkt rationales Verhalten: Evidenz und wirtschaftspolitische Implikationen

Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Marklein, Felix - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Die Präzision ökonomischer Prognosen und die Qualität politischer Handlungsempfehlungen hängen in entscheidendem Ausmaß von der Qualität des zugrunde liegenden Verhaltensmodells ab. Nur ein empirisch gut fundiertes Modell ökonomischen Handelns erlaubt es, die Konsequenzen politischer...

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Behavioral Economics of Education

Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia; Nielsen, Helena Skyt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

During the last decade knowledge about human behavior from psychology and sociology has enhanced the field of economics of education. By now research recognizes cognitive skills (as measured by achievement tests) and soft skills (personality traits not adequately measured by achievement tests)...

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Incentives and Information as Driving Forces of Default Effects

Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Grunewald, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The behavioral relevance of non-binding default options is well established. While most research has focused on decision makers' responses to a given default, we argue that this individual decision making perspective is incomplete. Instead, a comprehensive understanding of the foundation of...

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