Arbeitspapier
Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors: Theory and Evidence
This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. 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.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13308
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Field Experiments
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Health Behavior
- Thema
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health bias
health perceptions
subjective beliefs
overconfidence
underconfidence
overoptimism
risky behavior
smoking
obesity
exercising
SF12
SAH
BASE-II
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Arni, Patrick
Dragone, Davide
Götte, Lorenz
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2020
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Arni, Patrick
- Dragone, Davide
- Götte, Lorenz
- Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2020
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