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Does the dream of home ownership rest upon biased beliefs? : a test based on predicted and realized life satisfaction
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2020
goals, highlighting biased beliefs regarding own preferences as a relevant mechanism in the prediction errors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254078
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Time Discounting and Economic Decision-Making Among the Elderly
Huffman, David - 2020
This research project evaluates the extent of heterogeneity in time discounting among elderly Americans, as well as its role in explaining older peoples' key behaviors. We first show how older Americans evaluate simple (hypothetical) intertemporal choices in which payments now are compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012854861
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For better or worse? : subjective expectations and cost-benefit trade-offs in health behavior
Conti, Gabriella; Giustinelli, Pamela - 2023
We provide a framework to disentangle preferences and beliefs in health behavior and apply it to lockdown compliance in … preferences and beliefs explain compliance differences by gender, only preferences drive differences by vulnerability. When others … vulnerables more. When a public figure breaches the rules, opponents comply less. Heterogenous beliefs, preferences, and responses …
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Productivity and health : alternative productivity estimates using physical activity
Akogun, Oladele; Dillon, Andrew; Friedman, Jed; … - 2017
investigates the effect of a health intervention on physical activity, using a temporally randomized offer of malaria testing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757734
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The effect of the patient protection and affordable care act medicaid expansions on financial wellbeing
Hu, Luojia; Kaestner, Robert; Mazumder, Bhashkar; … - 2016
We examine the effect of the Medicaid expansions under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on consumer, financial outcomes using data from a major credit reporting agency for a large, national sample of adults. We employ the synthetic control method to compare individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540115
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The Effect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions on Financial Wellbeing
Hu, Luojia - 2017
We examine the effect of the Medicaid expansions under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on consumer, financial outcomes using data from a major credit reporting agency for a large, national sample of adults. We employ the synthetic control method to compare individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012967708
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Smoking persistence across countries : an analysis using semi-parametric dynamic panel data models with selectivity
Christelis, Dimitris; Sanz de Galdeano, Anna - 2009
We study smoking persistence in ten countries using data from the European Community Household Panel. Such persistence may be due to true state dependence but may also reflect individual unobserved heterogeneity. We distinguish between the two by using semi-parametric dynamic panel data methods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879370
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Broke, ill, and obese : the effect of household debt on health
Keese, Matthias; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2010
We analyze the effect of household indebtedness on different health outcomes using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1999-2009. To establish a causal effect, we rely on (a) fixed-effects methods, (b) a subsample of constantly employed individuals, and (c) lagged debt variables to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826897
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Consumption and nutrition : age - intake profiles for Czechoslovakia 1989-1992
Miquel, Ruth; Laisney, François - 2000
This paper provides non-parametric estimates of the relation between nutrient intake and age for Czechoslovak individuals, as a function of characteristics of both the individual and the household she lives in, on the basis of household purchases. Results show no significant difference between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445193
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Tobacco and alcohol : complements or substitutes? : a structural model approach to insufficient price variation in individual-level data
Tauchmann, Harald; Lenz, Silja; Requate, Tilman; … - 2013
The question of whether alcohol and tobacco are consumed as complements or substitutes is crucial for determining the side-effects of anti-smoking policies. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems for alcohol and tobacco, and subsequently calculating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011488475