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Hyperbolic Discounting Can Be Good for Your Health
Strulik, Holger - 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/10012929204
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Smoking kills : an economic theory of addiction, health deficit accumulation, and longevity
Strulik, Holger - 2017
longevity. I distinguish two types of addiction: perfect and common. Individuals with perfect addiction perfectly control their … and the socioeconomic gradients of unhealthy consumption and longevity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011673693
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Human capital formation : the importance of endogenous longevity
Galama, Titus J.; Van Kippersluis, Hans - 2022
influence their own length of life (endogenous longevity). Without the ability of individuals to influence their longevity, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172987
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A theory of socioeconomic disparities in health over the life cycle
Galama, Titus J.; Van Kippersluis, Hans - 2010
Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered by the lack of a suffciently comprehensive theoretical framework to interpret empirical facts and to predict yet untested relations. We present a life-cycle model that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381036
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Human-Capital Formation : The Importance of Endogenous Longevity
Galama, Titus J.; van Kippersluis, Hans - 2022
influence their own length of life (endogenous longevity). Without the ability of individuals to influence their longevity, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013290845
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Human-Capital Formation : The Importance of Endogenous Longevity
Galama, Titus J.; van Kippersluis, Hans - 2022
influence their own length of life (endogenous longevity). Without the ability of individuals to influence their longevity, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013291712
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A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Over the Life Cycle
Galama, Titus J.; van Kippersluis, Hans - 2010
Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered by the lack of a suffciently comprehensive theoretical framework to interpret empirical facts and to predict yet untested relations. We present a life-cycle model that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192101
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A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Over the Life Cycle
Galama, Titus J.; van Kippersluis, Hans - 2010
Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered by the lack of a sufficiently comprehensive theoretical framework to interpret empirical facts and to predict yet untested relations. The authors present a life-cycle model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192430
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A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Over the Life Cycle
Galama, Titus J.; van Kippersluis, Hans - 2015
conditions, and health investment, provide mechanisms through which SES, health, and longevity are related. As a result, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014134546
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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 … adaptation generally increases the value of life (by about 2 to 5 percent), its impact on health behavior and longevity depends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388100