and patterns of inequalities in health outcomes. In this paper we present the results obtained from several dynamic … time comparable longterm trends in individual health status across OECD. The FEM is a multi-risk multi-morbidity dynamic … microsimulation model to project health status and health demand. Given the dynamic structure of the model, we allow individual health …

model with endogenous aging and longevity. Individuals can slow down aging and postpone death by health investments and by … smoke less and invest more in their health. Consequently, they accumulate health deficits faster and die earlier than … originally planned. This fundamental health consequence of time-inconsistency has not been addressed in the literature so far …

Analysis of an original nationwide Internet survey reveals that health-related behavior shows associations with three … are indicative of being a time-inconsistent procrastinator, and classified as sophisticated otherwise. The health …-related indicators that we examine relate to smoking, health condition, dentition status, and body habitus. We first show that a higher …

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. …