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Smoking kills : an economic theory of addiction, health deficit accumulation, and longevity
Strulik, Holger - 2017
In this paper I unify the economic theories of addiction and health deficit accumulation and develop a life cycle … theory in which individuals take into account the fact that the consumption of addictive goods reduces their health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011673693
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Should we subsidize longevity?
Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2009
, and depends on three factors: longevity genes, health investment and farsightedness. Provided earnings, farsightedness and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831970
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Should We Subsidize Longevity?
Leroux, M.‐L. - 2009
, and depends on three factors: longevity genes, health investment and farsightedness. Provided earnings, farsightedness and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012763911
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Individual investments in education and health : policy responses and interactions
Carbone, Jared C.; Kverndokk, Snorre - 2016
Empirical studies show that years of schooling are positively correlated with good health. The implication may go from … education to health, from health to education, or from factors that influence both variables. We formalize a model that … determines an individual's demand for knowledge and health based on the causal effects, and study the impacts on the individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554425
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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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Long Term Effects of Health Investments and Parental Favoritism : The Case of Breastfeeding
Fletcher, Jason M. - 2011
This paper re-examines the effects of breastfeeding on long term educational outcomes using longitudinal data on siblings. While family fixed effects allow controls for all shared family factors, these estimators are sensitive to compensating or reinforcing behaviors by parents. These biases may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014184826
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Habit formation and rational addiction : a field experiment in handwashing
Hussam, Reshmaan; Rabbani, Atonu; Reggiani, Giovanni; … - 2017
We test the main predictions of the rational addiction model, reconceptualized as rational habit formation, in the context of handwashing. To track habit formation, we design soap dispensers with timed sensors. We test for rational habit formation by informing some households about a future...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011901842
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Probabilistically constrained models for efficiency and dominance in DEA
Bruni, M.E.; Conforti, D.; Beraldi, P.; Tundis, E. - In: International journal of production economics 117 (2009) 1, pp. 219-228
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860701
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Preventing and diagnosing colorectal cancer with a limited colonoscopy resource
Guneş, Evrim D.; Örmeci, Egemen Lerzan; Kunduzcu, Derya - In: Production and operations management : an international … 24 (2015) 1, pp. 1-20
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289101
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Targeted screening for Coeliac Disease among irritable bowel syndrome patients : analysis of cost-effectiveness and value of information
Mohseninejad, Leyla; Feenstra, Talitha Lisbeth; Horst, … - In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; … 14 (2013) 6, pp. 947-957
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204869