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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w18233 |
来源ID | Working Paper 18233 |
Are Recessions Good for Your Health Behaviors? Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Iceland | |
Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir; Hope Corman; Kelly Noonan; Þórhildur Ólafsdóttir; Nancy E. Reichman | |
发表日期 | 2012-07-19 |
出版年 | 2012 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | This study exploits the October 2008 economic crisis in Iceland to identify the effects of a macroeconomic downturn on a range of health behaviors. Using longitudinal survey data that include pre- and post- reports from the same individuals, we investigate the effects of the crisis on smoking, heavy drinking, dietary behaviors, sleep, and other health behaviors and investigate changes in work hours, real income, wealth, and mental health as potential mediators. We also consider the role of prices in shaping health behaviors and compute participation elasticities for the various behaviors. We find that the crisis led to reductions in all health-compromising behaviors examined and that it led to reductions in certain health-promoting behaviors but increases in others. The individual-level mediators explained some, but not all of the effects. We infer that price increases played a large role in the effects of the crisis on health behaviors. |
主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w18233 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/575909 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir,Hope Corman,Kelly Noonan,et al. Are Recessions Good for Your Health Behaviors? Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Iceland. 2012. |
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