tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post7385528361704991768..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Downturns and life expectancyEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-72122173601667266952009-10-04T23:52:57.056+13:002009-10-04T23:52:57.056+13:00@PaulL: can only be true for a transitory shock th...@PaulL: can only be true for a transitory shock though. Otherwise, the Viscusi numbers come back to bite.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-38456664099207348322009-10-04T23:09:44.822+13:002009-10-04T23:09:44.822+13:00I was thinking along the same lines. Less money m...I was thinking along the same lines. Less money means doing more yourself, less transport and more walking, growing your own veges, eating at home more, eating out less. It's possible that tightened financial situations lead people to make simpler/cheaper choices, and that those choices are healthier.PaulLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880559466808887420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-54997569664357589112009-10-04T22:24:41.370+13:002009-10-04T22:24:41.370+13:00I can buy that as well. If you expect the boom to...I can buy that as well. If you expect the boom to be temporary, then you smooth both income and health investments. I'll have to read the paper some time, but after semester's finished :>Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-13121690686750884922009-10-04T16:46:01.913+13:002009-10-04T16:46:01.913+13:00Have you seen any of the stuff Christopher Ruhm ha...Have you seen any of the stuff Christopher Ruhm has done on the subject? I had to present a paper of his for health econ last semester where he found that smoking goes down in recession and exercise and healthy eating increase. The way he described it was that during temporary booms the opportunity cost of spending time to worry about health was high, whereas during recessions people had alot of new-found leisure time and this was used to work on health. <br />Interesting paper anyway, I'd like to see what you think of it.rsw37https://www.blogger.com/profile/06810962531865395169noreply@blogger.com