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dc.contributor.authorNorrgren, Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-11T07:37:23Z
dc.date.available2021-10-11T07:37:23Z
dc.date.issued2021-10
dc.identifier.issn1403-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/69776
dc.descriptionJEL-classification: D90; D91; I10; I12sv
dc.description.abstractThis 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 with register data up to 2018, the paper finds that patient adolescents are 17–21% less likely to die before age 65. Patient adolescents have fewer hospitalizations and diagnoses in their adult life and are less likely to be diagnosed with conditions associated with lifestyle risk factors. Patient adolescents are also more in favor of sports activities and school rules on smoking. The investigated channels for the relationship between time preferences and future health include lifestyle, mother’s time preferences, and the adolescent’s education attainment and future income. Controlling for education and income reduces the coefficient for time preferences on early mortality by one-fourth.sv
dc.format.extent101sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.publisherUniversity of Gothenburgsv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Papers in Economicssv
dc.relation.ispartofseries812sv
dc.titleTime Preferences, Illness, and Deathsv
dc.typeTextsv
dc.type.svepreportsv
dc.contributor.organizationDepartment of Economics, University of Gothenburgsv


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