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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2020
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Quaderni - Working Paper DSE No. 1146
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Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE), Bologna
Zusammenfassung: 
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.
Schlagwörter: 
health bias
health perceptions
subjective beliefs
overconfidence
underconfidence
overoptimism
risky behavior
smoking
obesity
exercising
SF12
SAH
BASE-II
JEL: 
C93
D03
D83
I12
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