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Predicting health behaviors with economic preferences and perceived control
Conell-Price, Lynn; Jamison, Julian - 2012
We present new evidence on the relationship between health behaviors and experimental measures of risk and time … preferences and introduce evidence that perceived control - a measure incorporated from the health psychology literature - is a … stronger and more consistent predictor of health behaviors than economic preferences. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681237
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Bayesian demographic modeling and forecasting : an application to U.S. mortality
Reichmuth, Wolfgang H. (contributor);  … - 2008
We present a new way to model age-specific demographic variables with the example of age-specific mortality in the U … jointly with the latent variables underlying mortality of all age classes. In contrast to previous models, a similar … forecasts for particular age classes. A structural analysis of the relationship between age-specific mortality and covariates is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770767
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Modeling and forecasting age-specific mortality : a Bayesian approach
Reichmuth, Wolfgang H. (contributor);  … - 2008
We present a new way to model age-specific demographic variables, using the example of age-specific mortality in the … their dynamics jointly with the latent variables underlying mortality of all age classes. In contrast to previous models, a … for particular age classes. A structural analysis of the relationship between age-specific mortality and covariates is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770768
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Bayesian demographic modeling and forecasting: An application to U.S. mortality
Reichmuth, Wolfgang H.; Sarferaz, Samad - 2008
We present a new way to model age-specific demographic variables with the example of age-specific mortality in the U … jointly with the latent variables underlying mortality of all age classes. In contrast to previous models, a similar … forecasts for particular age classes. A structural analysis of the relationship between age-specific mortality and covariates is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276366
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Modeling health and mortality dynamics, and their effects on public finance
Yang, Ying - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340400
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The Psychology Underlying Biased Forecasts of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the United States
Shefrin, Hersh - 2020
This paper discusses the impact of a series of psychological phenomena on the U.S. response to COVID-19, focusing on forecasts of cases and deaths. The specific phenomena comprise unrealistic optimism bias, overconfidence, anchoring and adjustment, representativeness, motivated reasoning, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826661
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Should We or Should We Not Include Confidence Intervals in COVID-19 Death Forecasting? Evidence from a Survey Experiment
Daoust, Jean-François; Bastien, Frédérick - 2021
' perceptions of projections’ reliability or support for preventive public health measures. We conclude by discussing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013248301
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Economies of Scope in Data Aggregation : Evidence from Health Data
Smichowski, Bruno Carballa; Duch-Brown, Néstor; Hocuk, … - 2023
progressively adding explanatory variables to a dataset of health and health-related data that we use to predict health outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014254702
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Time to death and the forecasting of macro-level health care expenditures : some further considerations
Baal, Pieter H. van; Wong, Albert - In: Journal of health economics 31 (2012) 6, pp. 876-887
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010220037
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Modeling and forecasting age-specific mortality: A Bayesian approach
Reichmuth, Wolfgang H.; Sarferaz, Samad - 2008
We present a new way to model age-specific demographic variables, using the example of age-specific mortality in the … their dynamics jointly with the latent variables underlying mortality of all age classes. In contrast to previous models, a … for particular age classes. A structural analysis of the relationship between age-specific mortality and covariates is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276367