Journal article
Socio-economic status, health and lifestyle
Abstract
The role of lifestyle in mediating the relationship between socio-economic characteristics and health has been discussed extensively in the epidemiological and economic literatures. Previous analyses have not considered a formal framework incorporating unobservable heterogeneity. In this paper, we develop a simple economic model in which health is determined (partially) by lifestyle, which depends on preferences, budget and time constraints and …
Authors
Contoyannis P; Jones AM
Journal
Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 965–995
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
9 2004
DOI
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.02.001
ISSN
0167-6296