There is widespread agreement that behavior crucially influences one's health. However, little is known about what … actually determines health-related behavior. We explore the impact of the place where many people spend most of their time, at … work, and analyze whether an individual’s decision to participate in health screening is related to the observed behavior …

There is widespread agreement that behavior crucially influences one's health. However, little is known about what … actually determines health-related behavior. We explore the impact of the place where many people spend most of their time, at … work, and analyze whether an individual's decision to participate in health screening is related to the observed behavior …

upper and lower bounds of ratings. Parametric and semi-parametric estimation is discussed. An application investigates the … relationship between stated health satisfaction and physical and mental health scores derived from self-reports of various health …

We use data from two representative U.S. household surveys, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and the Health … and Retirement Study (Rand-HRS) to estimate Markov transition probability matrices between health states over the … overestimates the probabilities of transitioning into bad health states. In addition, we find that young women have worse health …

descriptive statistics, program evaluation and instrumental variables estimation. I illustrate these issues with data on self …

implemented in each step. To demonstrate the usefulness of our method, we investigate income gradient in child health based on U …

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort …-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and …-dimensionality in these health effects. The empirical findings reflect the multi-dimensionality but allow for deriving two broader …

Health economists have studied the determinants of the expected value of health status as a function of medical and … additional benefit, viz. a reduced variability of health status. Using OECD health data for 24 countries between 1960 and 2004 … comparatively effective in reducing variability. -- production of health ; control over health status ; Gini coefficient …