Book/Printed Material What explains differences in smoking, drinking, and other health-related behaviors

Title

• What explains differences in smoking, drinking, and other health-related behaviors

Summary

• "We explore economic model of health behaviors. While the standard economic model of health as an investment is generally supported empirically, the ability of this model to explain heterogeneity across individuals is extremely limited. Most prominently, the correlation of different health behaviors across people is virtually zero, suggest that standard factors such as variation in discount rates or the value of life are not the drivers of behavior. We focus instead on two other factors: genetics; and behavioral-specific situational factors. The first factor is empirically important, and we suspect the second is as well"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

• Cutler, David M.
• Glaeser, Edward L. (Edward Ludwig), 1967-
• National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

• Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2005.

Headings

• -  Health behavior--Mathematical models

Notes

• -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 2/17/2005.
• -  Includes bibliographical references.
• -  Also available in print.
• -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Call Number/Physical Location

• HB1

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2005616712
• http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11100 External

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2005616712

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2005616712

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