Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors: Theory and Evidence

Arni, Patrick ; Dragone, Davide ; Goette, Lorenz ; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. (2020) Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors: Theory and Evidence. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze economiche, p. 47. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/6374. In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE (1146). ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract

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.

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Tipologia del documento
Monografia (Working paper)
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AutoreAffiliazioneORCID
Arni, PatrickUniversity of Bristol0000-0003-3034-857X
Dragone, DavideUniversity of Bologna0000-0002-2725-4743
Goette, LorenzUniversity of Bonn0000-0002-4294-4275
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.Cornell University0000-0003-3562-2371
Parole chiave
Health bias, health perceptions, subjective beliefs, overconfidence, underconfidence, overoptimism, risky behavior, smoking, obesity, exercising, SF12, SAH, BASE-II
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ISSN
2282-6483
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Data di deposito
12 Mag 2020 12:29
Ultima modifica
20 Mag 2020 14:29
Nome del Progetto
BASE-II - Berlin Aging Study II
Programma di finanziamento
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research - NON SPECIFICATO
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