We estimate average causal effects of early-life hunger on late-life health by applying instrumental variable …

This paper uses Hierarchical Bayes Models to model and estimate spatial health effects in Germany. We combine rich …-level health dependencies. As dependent variable we use the generic, continuous, and quasi-objective SF12 health measure. We find … to 0.35 standard deviations in health. Even 20 years after German reunification, we detect a clear spatial East …

The economic costs of chronic health conditions and severe illnesses like diabetes, coronary heart disease or cancer … these illnesses. Changes in health relevant behaviour may therefore lead to a decline of avoidable illnesses and related … health care costs. In this context, we use German micro data to identify determinants of smoking, drinking and obesity. Our …

We analyze the effect of household indebtedness on different health outcomes using data from the German Socio … precarious debt situation). We find all debt measures to be strongly correlated with health satisfaction, mental health, and … deteriorates physical and mental health. However, there is no causal effect on being obese. …

economic good or bad, and hence serves as a prime example of irrational behavior reducing individual health and happiness …. Contrary to previous research, we find no health impact when TV consumption increases. For life satisfaction, we even find … seems to be driven by negative self-selection. …

Germany is one of the few OECD countries with a two-tier system of statutory and primary private health insurance. Both … types of insurance provide fee-for-service insurance, but chargeable fees for identical services are more than twice as … induce demand primarily among the privately insured. Using German SOEP 2002 data, I analyze the effects of insurance status …

This paper empirically assesses the selection effects and determinants of the demand for supple-mental health insurance … individual's health status, risk attitude, demand for medical services and insurance purchases in other lines of insurance as … evidence of adverse selection for individuals aged 65 and younger for hospital coverage despite initial individual underwriting …

effectiveness of four different health care cost containment measures within an integrated framework. The four measures investigated … were introduced in Germany in 1997 to reduce moral hazard and public health expenditures in the market for convalescent … health spa stays did not significantly reduce demand. …

Deductibles in health insurance are often regarded as a means to contain health care costs when individuals exhibit … moral hazard. However, in the absence of moral hazard, voluntarily chosen deductibles may instead lead to self-selection … into different insurance contracts. We use a set of new variables in the German Socioeconomic Panel for the years 2002 …