different specifications. -- lifestyles ; health ; multivariate probit ; smoking …The relationship between lifestyle choices and health has been widely studied in the epidemiological and economic … a health production function and reduced form equations for lifestyles. As a result, behaviors toward health are taken …

The relationship between lifestyle choices and health has been widely studied in the epidemiological and economic … a health production function and reduced form equations for lifestyles. As a result, behaviors toward health are taken … multivariate 5 equation probit model. In that model, lifestyles (diet, exercise, alcohol consumption and smoking) are a function of …

In this paper we look at the relationship between health and income as mediated by "lifestyle" choices; that is, a set … of behaviours which are thought to influence health and are generally considered to invoke a substantial degree of free … choice. The main underlying assumption is that individuals are co-producers of their own health. We first present a …

' health. We find that longer working hours increase smoking and decrease self-reported health, and that these impacts are …Does working time affect workers' health? We study this question in the context of a French reform which reduced the …

of health behavior, and exploiting both lottery winnings and inheritances to test the theory. We distinguish between the … direct monetary cost and the indirect health cost (value of health lost) of unhealthy consumption. The health cost increases …, but fewer severely unhealthy goods. The empirical evidence presented suggests that differences in health costs may indeed …

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 … motivating empirically observable patterns of addictive goods consumption. I take the case of smoking as unhealthy behavior …

Medical experts have argued forcefully that using cigarettes harms health, prompting the adoption of myriad anti-smoking … policies. The association between smoking and mortality may, however, be driven by unobserved factors, making it difficult to … a teenager, which are arguably exogenous, on adult smoking participation and mortality. A one-dollar increase in teenage …

Medical experts have argued forcefully that using cigarettes harms health, prompting the adoption of myriad anti-smoking … policies. The association between smoking and mortality may, however, be driven by unobserved factors, making it difficult to … a teenager, which are arguably exogenous, on adult smoking participation and mortality. A one-dollar increase in teenage …

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 … motivating empirically observable patterns of addictive goods consumption. I take the case of smoking as unhealthy behavior …

of health behavior, and exploiting both lottery winnings and inheritances to test the theory. It distinguishes between … the direct monetary cost and the indirect health cost (value of health lost) of unhealthy consumption. The health cost … unhealthy, but fewer severely unhealthy goods. The empirical evidence presented suggests that differences in health costs may …