A healthy lifestyle: The product of opportunities and preferences

Hilde Lurås ()
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Hilde Lurås: Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, Postal: P.O. Box 1089 Blindern, NO-0317 Oslo, Norway

No 2001:11, HERO Online Working Paper Series from University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme

Abstract: In this explorative study we examine factors explaining individual choice of lifestyle. The empirical analysis of smoking, exercising and diet show that the mechanisms determining people’s lifestyle are complex. We argue that the economic models on the demand for health is a meaningful framework for analysing this issue, but that it needs some refinements. A suggestion for further analytical work is therefore to reformulate the model to incorporate own past behaviour (habits), the society individuals belongs to (traditions and norms), as well as a more immediate effect on utility of lifestyle.

Keywords: Health demand models; lifestyle; ordered probit analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C35 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2009-06-30
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