Replication data for: Family Health Behaviors

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Itzik Fadlon; Torben Heien Nielsen

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Project Citation: 

Fadlon, Itzik, and Nielsen, Torben Heien. Replication data for: Family Health Behaviors. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116204V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We study how health behaviors are shaped through family spillovers. We leverage administrative data to identify the effects of health shocks on family members' consumption of preventive care and health-related behaviors, constructing counterfactuals for affected households using households that experience the same shock but a few years in the future. Spouses and adult children immediately improve their health behaviors and their responses are both significant and persistent. These spillovers are far-reaching as they cascade even to coworkers. While some responses are consistent with learning information about one's own health, the evidence points to salience as a major operative explanation.

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JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D15 Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
      D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
      I12 Health Behavior
      J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Denmark
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1980 – 2011
Universe:  View help for Universe Households in Denmark
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Statistics Denmark, 1980-2011: Prescription Drug Database, Health Insurance Registry, National Patient Registry, Cause of Death Registry, Integrated Database for Labor Market Research
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individuals, Family Members, Coworkers,

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