This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define … absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance … provide robust empirical evidence that respondents who overestimate their health are less likely to exercise and sleep enough …

Comparing self-assessed indicators of subjective outcomes such as health, work disability, political efficacy, job …

We study the link between performance pay and alcohol use in Germany, a country with mandated health insurance … and uncertainty of performance pay when many workers do not have access to health insurance. We find that the likelihood … conclude that even in the face of mandated health insurance, the link found in the US persists in Germany …

Passive smoking is a major public health issue. This paper documents the main risk factors that determine children … exposure on child health. Such information is valuable to policy-makers when deciding upon the amount of resources to direct … of children drawn from the Health Survey for England, for whom we match parental and household smoking and demographic …