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The Economics of Health Behaviors

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 17670

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Chris Auld

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Department of Economics, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
Interests: microeconometrics; health economics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

I am organizing a Special Issue on the economics of health behaviors in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is an online, peer-reviewed, scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences, disasters and public health. For detailed information on the journal, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.

The Special Issue on the economics of health behaviors will feature research examining economic aspects of health-enhancing or unhealthy behaviors. Examples of such behaviors include physical exercise, diet, risky sex, and the use of tobacco, e-cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis, and prescription or illicit opioids. Research addressing the causes or the consequences of such behaviors is welcome, as is research exploring interactions between health-affecting behaviors and other market or non-market outcomes, such as effects on or of labor market outcomes, education, and medical care. Studies may be either theoretical or empirical, and studies with policy relevance are particularly encouraged. Note the keywords are not exhaustive but rather suggest examples of relevant topics and methods.

Prof. Dr. Chris Auld
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Alcohol
  • Tobacco
  • Body weight
  • E-cigarettes
  • Risky sex
  • Opioids
  • Cannabis
  • Applied econometrics
  • Behavioral economics
  • Microeconomic theory

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Sugar-Sweetened and Diet Beverage Consumption in Philadelphia One Year after the Beverage Tax
by Yichen Zhong, Amy H. Auchincloss, Brian K. Lee, Ryan M. McKenna and Brent A. Langellier
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(4), 1336; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041336 - 19 Feb 2020
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In January 2017, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) implemented an excise tax ($ 0.015/ounce) on sugar-sweetened and diet beverages. This study is a general population-based study to report on the longer-term impacts of the tax on within-person changes in consumption 12 months after implementation. A quasi-experimental [...] Read more.
In January 2017, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) implemented an excise tax ($ 0.015/ounce) on sugar-sweetened and diet beverages. This study is a general population-based study to report on the longer-term impacts of the tax on within-person changes in consumption 12 months after implementation. A quasi-experimental difference-in-difference design was used to contrast Philadelphia vs. nearby comparison cities (Trenton, New Jersey; Camden, New Jersey; and Wilmington, Delaware) at baseline (December 2016–January 2017) vs. 12-month follow-up (December 2017–February 2018). A random-digit-dialing phone survey was administered to a population-based cohort. Analyses assessed changes in 30-day consumption frequency and ounces of sugar-sweetened and diet beverages (and a substitution beverage, bottled water) in the analytic sample (N = 515). After 12 months, relative to the comparison group, Philadelphians were slightly more likely to decrease their frequency of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (39.2% vs. 33.5%), and slightly less likely to increase their frequency of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (38.9% vs. 43.0%). The effects of the tax estimated in the adjusted difference-in-difference analysis were very small (for example, changes in monthly sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in Philadelphia relative to comparison cities was −3.03 times or −51.65 ounces) and confidence intervals were very wide. Results suggested that, one year after implementation, there was no major overall impact of the tax on general population-level consumption of sugar-sweetened or diet beverages, or bottled water. Future studies should test whether the tax’s effect differs in vulnerable sub-populations. Full article
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Link between Financial Management Behaviours and Quality of Relationship and Overall Life Satisfaction among Married and Cohabiting Couples: Insights from Application of Artificial Neural Networks
by Monika Baryła-Matejczuk, Viktorija Skvarciany, Andrzej Cwynar, Wiesław Poleszak and Wiktor Cwynar
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(4), 1190; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041190 - 13 Feb 2020
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Background: To explain the link between household finances and the quality of the relationship between married or cohabitating partners and their life satisfaction, the Family Stress Model (FSM) was used and placed within the theoretical framework of the Couples and Finances Theory (CFT). [...] Read more.
Background: To explain the link between household finances and the quality of the relationship between married or cohabitating partners and their life satisfaction, the Family Stress Model (FSM) was used and placed within the theoretical framework of the Couples and Finances Theory (CFT). Methods: The measures used to examine the relationship between partners were the Financial Management Behaviour Scale, the Marriage Questionnaire (KDM-2) adapted to a version for cohabitating couples, The Shared Goals and Values Scale, Harsh Start-up Scale, and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). In order to find out the relationship between variables, artificial neural networks (ANN) were applied. The research was conducted on a sample of 500 couples living in Poland (384 married and 116 cohabitating couples). Results: The results indicate that overall life satisfaction is most influenced by fundamental, direct, current ways of dealing with the daily financial routine and by saving and investing behaviours. Credit management and insurance behaviours are the most important for the quality of the relationship between partners. Conclusions: The research shows that financial management behaviours have an impact on the quality of relationships as well as on the subjective well-being of people in a relationship, and their relationship dynamics. This finding may be used to highlight the psychological importance of financial management behaviours. Full article
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