Overview

Human capital is embodied in human beings. It embraces the individual's capacity to perform and enjoy activities that provide money and/or psychic income. Health behaviour affects human capital and is itself affected by the individual's human capital. This volume consists of original theoretical and empirical contributions to our knowledge of the interdependence between Human Capital and Health Behaviour.

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Author:   Kristian Bolin (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) ,  Björn Lindgren (Lund University, Sweden) ,  Michael Grossman (City University of New York Graduate School and University Center, USA) ,  Dorte Gyrd-Hansen (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume:   25
ISBN:  

9781786354662

ISBN 10:   1786354667
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   26 May 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Prenatal investments and human capital development  Chapter 1. Birth spacing and educational outcomes; Elaine L. Hill and David J.G. Slusky  Education and health  Chapter 2. Individual investments in education and health: Policy responses and interactions; Jared C. Carbone and Snorre Kverndokk   Chapter 3. Causal effects of maternal schooling on child immunization in India; Prabal K. De  Human capital and risky health behavior  Chapter 4. Effects of maternal work incentives on teen drug arrests; Hope Corman, Dhaval Dave, Ariel Kalil and Nancy E. Reichman  Chapter 5. Behavioral welfare economics and FDA tobacco regulations; Philip DeCicca, Donald Kenkel, Feng Liu and Hua Wang  Information and health behavior  Chapter 6. Educational heterogeneity in the association between smoking cessation and health information; Dean R. Lillard   Chapter 7. The effect of education on health behavior after screening for colorectal cancer; Eline Aas and Tor Iversen  Insurance and health behavior  Chapter 8. Unemployment insurance and physical activity; Jonathan Cylus

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Health, economics, and policy researchers from Europe, the US, Canada, and China provide eight articles drawn from papers presented at the Symposium on Human Capital and Health Behavior, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in May 2016. They consider the relationship between human capital and health behavior, including the relationship between birth spacing and educational outcomes; the relationship between education and health; human capital and risky behavior, including the effects of maternal work incentives on teen drug arrests and a behavioral welfare economics approach to measure the impact of tobacco regulations on consumer welfare; the association between smoking cessation and health information and the effect of education on health behavior after screening for colorectal cancer; and the relationship between unemployment insurance and physical activity.--Annotation (c)2017 Ringgold Inc. (protoview.com)

Health, economics, and policy researchers from Europe, the US, Canada, and China provide eight articles drawn from papers presented at the Symposium on Human Capital and Health Behavior, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in May 2016. They consider the relationship between human capital and health behavior, including the relationship between birth spacing and educational outcomes; the relationship between education and health; human capital and risky behavior, including the effects of maternal work incentives on teen drug arrests and a behavioral welfare economics approach to measure the impact of tobacco regulations on consumer welfare; the association between smoking cessation and health information and the effect of education on health behavior after screening for colorectal cancer; and the relationship between unemployment insurance and physical activity. -- Annotation (c)2017 Ringgold Inc. * (protoview.com) *

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