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Self-control and unhealthy body weight: the role of impulsivity and restraint
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Dahmann, Sarah Christina; … - 2022
We examine the relationship between trait self-control and body weight. Data from a population representative household survey reveal that limited self-control is strongly associated with both objective and subjective measures of unhealthy body weight. Those with limited self-control are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012804211
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Self-control and unhealthy body weight : the role of impulsivity and restraint
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Dahmann, Sarah Christina; … - 2021
We examine the relationship between trait self-control and body weight. Data from a population representative household survey reveal that limited self-control is strongly associated with both objective and subjective measures of unhealthy body weight. Those with limited self-control are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012793410
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HMO Plans, Self-Selection, and Utilization of Health Care Services
Shin, Jaeun; Moon, Sangho - 2007
privately insured non-elderly population. Using data from the 2000 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey, we find that HMO members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014067927
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The formation and malleability of dietary habits : a field experiment with low income families
Belot, Michèle; Berlin, Noemi; James, Jonathan G.; … - 2018
. We conclude that exposure to a healthy diet and regularity of food intake possibly play a role in shaping dietary habits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796428
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Risk attitudes and Medicare Part D enrollment decisions
Vetter, Stefan; Heiss, Florian; McFadden, Daniel; … - 2012 - This version: February 5, 2012
The new Medicare Part D program provides prescription drug coverage for older Americans through highly subsidized and tightly regulated plans offered by private insurance firms. For most eligible individuals without coverage from other sources, obtaining Part D coverage would be rational, but it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571046
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Risk attitudes and Medicare Part D enrollment decisions
Vetter, Stefan; Heiss, Florian; McFadden, Daniel; … - 2012
The new Medicare Part D program provides prescription drug coverage for older Americans through highly subsidized and tightly regulated plans offered by private insurance firms. For most eligible individuals without coverage from other sources, obtaining Part D coverage would be rational, but it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009490186
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Motivated beliefs and the elderly's compliance with Covid-19 measures
Siemens, Ferdinand von - 2021
Although the elderly are more vulnerable to COVID-19, the empirical evidence suggests that they do not behave more …-signaling can be stronger for the elderly. The results suggest that communication strategies emphasizing the dangers of COVID-19 … could backfire and reduce compliance among the elderly. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419369
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Mind the Gap! Consumer Perceptions and Choices of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans
Heiss, Florian; McFadden, Daniel L.; Winter, Joachim K. - 2011
Medicare Part D provides prescription drug coverage through Medicare approved plans offered by private insurance companies and HMOs. In this paper, we study the role of current prescription drug use and health risks, related expectations, and subjective factors in the demand for prescription...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205648
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The Effect of Transportation Benefits on Health and Consumption Among the Elderly : Quasi-Experimental Evidence From Urban China
Yin, Ting; Yin, Zhigang; Zhang, Junchao - 2018
This study estimates the causal effect of transportation subsidies or similar benefits on the health of the elderly. We … significantly improves elderly people’s health condition by approximately 10 percentage points. The results are robust under … increasing food consumption and health care utilization, but not by the amount of exercise done …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014113616
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Consumption of Goods and Services : Second Year of Pandemic Restrictions
Burdyak, Aleksandra - 2021
In April 2020, due to the introduction of lockdown, consumer demand significantly dropped. A year later, in April 2021, when the epidemiological situation caused ever less concern, the consumption of goods and services increased, almost recovering to the pre-pandemic level: for example, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217888