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Optimal aging with uncertain death
Strulik, Holger - 2013
This paper extends the theory of optimal aging and death (Dalgaard and Strulik, 2010, 2013) towards uncertain death … expense of less analytical tractability the model provides a formal description of aging as conceptualized in modern biology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010314666
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Optimal Aging with Uncertain Death
Strulik, Holger - 2011
This note extends the theory of optimal aging and death (Dalgaard and Strulik, 2010) towards uncertain death …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294412
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Health and Education: Understanding the Gradient
Strulik, Holger - 2011
This study presents a novel view on education and health behavior of individuals constrained by aging bodies. The aging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294416
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The health hump
Strulik, Holger - 2015
In this paper, I suggest a novel explanation for a hump-shaped ageconsumption profile, based on human aging. The model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374906
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Going from bad to worse: Adaptation to poor health, health spending, longevity, and the value of life
Schünemann, Johannes; Strulik, Holger; Trimborn, Timo - 2015
Aging humans adapt to their worsening state of health and old people are usually happier than estimated by young … expectancy, and the value of life. We set up a a life cycle model in which individuals are subject to physiological aging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011389454
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I shouldn't eat this donut: Self-control, body weight, and health in a life cycle model
Strulik, Holger - 2018
In this paper I discuss overweight and obesity and their repercussions on health deficit accumulation and longevity in a life cycle model. Individual decisions are conceptualized as the partial control of impulsive desires of a short-run self (the limbic system) by a rationally forward-looking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011946971
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Smoking kills: An economic theory of addiction, health deficit accumulation, and longevity
Strulik, Holger - 2017
In this paper I unify the economic theories of addiction and health deficit accumulation and develop a life cycle theory in which individuals take into account the fact that the consumption of addictive goods reduces their health and longevity. I distinguish two types of addiction: perfect and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011674306
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Hungry children age faster
Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Strulik, Holger - 2017
We analyze how childhood hunger affects human aging for a panel of European individuals. For this purpose, we use six … waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) dataset and construct a health deficit index. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011722436
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Hyperbolic discounting can be good for your health
Strulik, Holger; Trimborn, Timo - 2018
. Here, we challenge this view. We set up a life-cycle model of human aging and longevity in which individuals discount the … health than they would if they had a constant rate of time preference. Using a calibrated life-cycle model of human aging, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011782511
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An economic heory of depression and its impact on health behavior and longevity
Strulik, Holger - 2018
In this paper, I introduce depression to the economics of human health and aging. Based on studies from happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786143