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 …

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 …

Transport has significant externalities including carbon emissions and air pollution. Public health research has … identified additional social gains from active travel, due to health benefits of physical exercise. Per mile, these benefits …

Transport has significant externalities including carbon emissions and air pollution. Public health research has … identified additional social gains from active travel, due to health benefits of physical exercise. Per mile, these benefits …

interact in explaining a range of health outcomes. Using rich Australian survey data, we find that, while the two traits are … of control and health is reduced once we control for self-control, suggesting that self-control mediates at least part of … physical health. …

We examine how health information affects individuals' subjective well-being using a regression discontinuity design on … health (negative). …

. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing … and their macroeconomic repercussions. Fourth, we discuss the health toll and economic impacts of five infectious diseases … human toll and impose a staggering economic burden, early and targeted health and economic policy interventions can often …

This paper analyses, both theoretically and empirically, women's health choices and their effects on child health for a … prenatal and postnatal determinants of child health both under certainty and uncertainty, hence introducing the possibility of … different health production functions before and after birth. Thus, the present study allows the delivery to play a central role …

This paper adopts a reduced form demand approach to analyse the key determinants influencing the health status of … results. After controlling for endogeneity we find that increased wealth is strongly associated with increased health status …, raising questions regarding the reliability of such data and promoting a multiplicity based approach to representing health …