Prior studies intensively rely on lifestyle segmentation to investigate the patterns of purchase and consumption decisions. However, the literature does not specifically relate lifestyle profiles with the types of consumer decisions (i.e., purchasing vs. consumption decisions). Therefore, this...

Wie kann die sozial-ökologische Transformation einer Konsumerlebnisgesellschaft durch eine innere Transformation des Menschen unterstützt werden? Wie können wir lernen, weniger zu wollen, ohne etwas zu vermissen? Welche Formen des Persönlichkeitswachstums können das stetige...

Several research attempts contributed to the literature related to lifestyle market segmentation mainly aimed to define lifestyle segments on a given product/service market in a positivist perspective. However, there is a lack of research interest on a normative perspective, questioning...

We estimate short- and long-term causal impacts of a type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) diagnosis on lifestyle behaviours. We employ a fuzzy regression discontinuity design exploiting the exogenous cut-off value in the diagnosis of T2DM provided by a biomarker (glycated haemoglobin, HbA1c). We make...

We measure unfair health inequality in the UK using a novel data-driven empirical approach. We explain health variability as the result of circumstances beyond individual control and health-related behaviours. We do this using model-based recursive partitioning, a supervised machine learning...

Protecting the climate is one of the greatest challenges our society is currently facing. In view of the heated political and social discussions surrounding this topic, the question naturally arises as to whether behavioral-economic insights can be used to sensitize German society to the dangers...

This study aims to explain the effect of life style and brand image on purchasing decisions for personal care products. The analytical method uses descriptive and quantitative approaches in which data collection uses questionnaires. This questionnaire was delivered to respondents by interview....

Purpose–This research seeks to determine the effect of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) on work performance by the mediatory role of the green lifestyle of staff from different sectors in Pakistan and possible engorgement of GHRM to the lifestyle of...

Indian lifestyle brands need to understand the importance of their retailing distribution channels in relation to their overall brand image, products / categories they offer, target consumer group and their implications on the overall brand profitability and consumer perceptions over the brand...

Wie lassen sich Glück und Nachhaltigkeit verbinden? Um die gegenwärtige ressourcenintensive Lebensweise zu überwinden, braucht es neue Leitbilder von subjektivem Wohlbefinden, die das gute Leben jenseits von Produktion und Konsum verorten. Die bisherige Debatte um Suffizienz und Postwachstum...

The COVID‑19 pandemic is having major impacts on our lives in ways that go far beyond health, extending across all dimensions of wellbeing and all population groups. This paper presents the results of a 'rapid evidence review' of the potential impacts of COVID‑19, and the associated economic...

Welfare and well-being have traditionally been gauged by using income and employment statistics, life expectancy, and other objective measures. The Economics of Happiness, which is based on people's reports of how their lives are going, provides a complementary yet radically different approach...

We go beyond estimating the effect of college attainment on longevity by uncovering the mechanisms behind this effect while controlling for latent skills and unobserved heterogeneity. We decompose the effect with respect to a large set of potential mechanisms, including health behaviors,...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause about 71% of all deaths globally and a considerable increase in health care costs. To tackle this problem, several Governments have designed "sin taxes", i.e, extra payments related to the quantity of unhealthy contents of specific goods. However, unhealthy...

Mit einer grundlegend neuen Qualitätstheorie des Konsums zeigt Ernst Mohr: Distanz und Nähe werden im Sozialen konsumierend kommuniziert und durch Kommunikation produziert. Er positioniert Stile postmoderner Gruppen – wie bspw. Hip-Hop, Punk, Skinhead, Hipster, Pop – mit jenen des...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause about 71% of all deaths globally and a considerable increase in health care costs. To tackle this problem, several Governments have designed "sin taxes", i.e, extra payments related to the quantity of unhealthy contents of specific goods. However, unhealthy...

This study aims to determine whether the Effect of Product Quality, Price, Promotion, Lifestyle on the Decision to Purchase Current Coffee Beverages for Students at Jakarta State University. This research was conducted for two months from November to December 2019. The research method used was a...

A majority of organized brick-and-mortar lifestyle retailers in India believe that the cost of Sales Personnel (SP) attrition is insignificant, and this belief has made lifestyle retailers ignore the importance of SP attrition control and retention activities (SACR). Mathematically it may be...

Though EBOs' (Exclusive Brand Outlet) risk-mitigation is a collective responsibility of lifestyle brand and the expansion partner (franchisee), a majority of lifestyle brands in India believe that the risk of capital investment/recurring expenses of EBOs and profit generated by EBOs has to be...

COVID-19 has affected daily life in unprecedented ways. Using a longitudinal dataset linking biometric and survey data from several cohorts of young adults before and during the pandemic (N=685), we document large disruptions to physical activity, sleep, time use, and mental health. At the onset...

Though consumer communication and orientation is a collective responsibility of all the departments/functions across the organization, a majority of lifestyle brands and retailers in India believe that the consumer communication is the deliverable of a single department/function that is widely...

COVID-19 has affected daily life in unprecedented ways. Using a longitudinal dataset linking biometric and survey data from several cohorts of young adults before and during the pandemic (N=685), we document large disruptions to physical activity, sleep, time use, and mental health. At the onset...

Introduction. How Urban Cohousing Communities Can Expand How We Think about Well-Being -- Kankanmori and Quayside Village: An Overview -- Quayside Village -- Kankanmori -- The Exchanges -- Conclusion. Policies of Well-Being.

Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine -- Fundamentals of Health Behaviour Change -- Key Clinical Processes in Lifestyle Medicine -- The Role of Physician Health -- Nutrition Science, Assessment and Prescription -- Physical Activity Science and Prescription -- Sleep Health Science and Interventions...