Browsing by Author "Norrgren, Lisa"

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    • Carpe Diem or Seize your Health? The Economics of Time Preferences, Health, and Education 

      Norrgren, Lisa (2022-01-20)
      Who is more likely to follow medical recommendations, invest in their health and pursue higher degrees of schooling? Behavioral economic theory provides a clear answer to this question: more patient individuals (who discount ...

    • Time Preferences, Illness, and Death 

      Norrgren, Lisa (University of Gothenburg, 2021-10)
      This paper investigates the predictive power of time preferences on the risk of early mortality and illness in adulthood. Using a unique Swedish cohort of 12,956 individuals born in 1953, interviewed in 1966, and followed ...