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Chapter Three. The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 2, (pp. 95-199). 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
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Economic development with deadly communicable diseases and public prevention
Gori, Luca; Mammana, C.; Manfredi, Piero; Michetti, … - In: Journal of public economic theory 24 (2022) 5, pp. 912-943
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Do sugar-sweetened beverage taxes improve public health for high school aged adolescents?
Flynn, James - In: Health economics 32 (2023) 1, pp. 47-64
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Market positioning in food industry in response to public health policies
Sajeesh, S.; Araz, Ozgur M.; Huang, Terry T.-K. - In: Production and operations management : the flagship … 31 (2022) 7, pp. 2962-2981
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Health care expenditure and income in the OECD reconsidered : evidence from panel data
Baltagi, Badi H. (contributor);  … - 2009
This paper reconsiders the long-run economic relationship between health care expenditure and income using a panel of … cointegration properties between health care spending and income. This is done in a panel data context controlling for both cross …
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The quality of medical care, behavioral risk factors, and longevity growth
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2009
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Grazing, goods and girth : determinants and effects
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2009
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Grazing, goods and girth : determinants and effects
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2009
Using the 2006-07 American Time Use Survey and its Eating and Health Module, I show that over half of adult Americans report grazing (secondary eating/drinking) on a typical day, with grazing time almost equaling primary eating/drinking time. An economic model predicts that higher wage rates...
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Economic opportunities and gender differences in human capital : experimental evidence for India
Jensen, Robert T. - 2010
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Health care expenditure and income in the OECD reconsidered : evidence from panel data
Baltagi, Badi H.; Moscone, Francesco - 2010
This paper reconsiders the long-run economic relationship between health care expenditure and income using a panel of … cointegration properties between health care spending and income. This is done in a panel data context controlling for both cross … estimated in previous studies. -- Health expenditure ; income elasticity ; cross section dependence ; heterogeneous panels …
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