Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | Biased health perceptions and risky health behaviors : theory and evidence |
Authors: | Arni, Patrick Dragone, Davide Goette, Lorenz Ziebarth, Nicolas |
et. al: | No |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102425 |
Published in: | Journal of Health Economics |
Volume(Issue): | 76 |
Issue: | 102425 |
Issue Date: | 22-Jan-2021 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0167-6296 1879-1646 |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Health bias; Health perception; Subjective belief; Overconfidence; Overoptimism; Risky behavior; Obesity; Smoking; Exercising; SF12; SAH; BASE-II; SOEP-IP |
Subject (DDC): | 362.1041: Health economics |
Abstract: | This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as a potential driving force of risky health behaviors. We define absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance. Next, we decompose the theoretical effect into its extensive and intensive margin: When the extensive margin dominates, people (wrongly) believe they are healthy enough to “afford” unhealthy behavior. Finally, using three population surveys, we provide robust empirical evidence that respondents who overestimate their health are less likely to exercise and sleep enough, but more likely to eat unhealthily and drink alcohol daily. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29846 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
Departement: | School of Management and Law |
Organisational Unit: | Center for Labor, Digital and Regional Economics (CLDR) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Arni, P., Dragone, D., Goette, L., & Ziebarth, N. (2021). Biased health perceptions and risky health behaviors : theory and evidence. Journal of Health Economics, 76(102425). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102425
Arni, P. et al. (2021) ‘Biased health perceptions and risky health behaviors : theory and evidence’, Journal of Health Economics, 76(102425). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102425.
P. Arni, D. Dragone, L. Goette, and N. Ziebarth, “Biased health perceptions and risky health behaviors : theory and evidence,” Journal of Health Economics, vol. 76, no. 102425, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102425.
ARNI, Patrick, Davide DRAGONE, Lorenz GOETTE und Nicolas ZIEBARTH, 2021. Biased health perceptions and risky health behaviors : theory and evidence. Journal of Health Economics. 22 Januar 2021. Bd. 76, Nr. 102425. DOI 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102425
Arni, Patrick, Davide Dragone, Lorenz Goette, and Nicolas Ziebarth. 2021. “Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors : Theory and Evidence.” Journal of Health Economics 76 (102425). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102425.
Arni, Patrick, et al. “Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors : Theory and Evidence.” Journal of Health Economics, vol. 76, no. 102425, Jan. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102425.
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