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The family as the health producer--when spouses act strategically.

Bolin, Kristian LU ; Jacobson, Lena and Lindgren, Björn LU (2002) In Journal of Health Economics 21(3). p.475-495
Abstract
The Grossman model has been extended recently in order to take account of the fact that most people lead their lives in a family--using frameworks in which family members, respectively, (a) have common preferences and (b) are Nash-bargainers. These models, however, do not consider individual incentives for behaving strategically. In the model presented in this paper, spouses interact strategically both in the production of own health and in the production of health of other family members. We analyse, inter alia, the impact on the distribution of health of changes in family policies, such as child allowance and custody rules.
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Investments : statistics & numerical data, Investments : economics, Human, Health Services Needs and Demand : statistics & numerical data, Health Services Needs and Demand : economics, Health Behavior, Female, Family Health, Efficiency, Divorce : economics, Decision Making, Child, Conflict of Interest, Child Welfare : economics, Male, Models, Econometric, Patient Acceptance of Health Care : statistics & numerical data, Spouses : psychology, Adult
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Journal of Health Economics
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21
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3
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475 - 495
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Elsevier
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  • pmid:12022269
  • wos:000175204800007
  • scopus:0036221457
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1879-1646
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10.1016/S0167-6296(01)00135-7
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Lund University Centre for Health Economics (LUCHE) (016630120), Community Medicine (013241810), Department of Economics (012008000), Centre for Economic Demography (012019200)
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  author       = {{Bolin, Kristian and Jacobson, Lena and Lindgren, Björn}},
  issn         = {{1879-1646}},
  keywords     = {{Investments : statistics & numerical data; Investments : economics; Human; Health Services Needs and Demand : statistics & numerical data; Health Services Needs and Demand : economics; Health Behavior; Female; Family Health; Efficiency; Divorce : economics; Decision Making; Child; Conflict of Interest; Child Welfare : economics; Male; Models; Econometric; Patient Acceptance of Health Care : statistics & numerical data; Spouses : psychology; Adult}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{475--495}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Health Economics}},
  title        = {{The family as the health producer--when spouses act strategically.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6296(01)00135-7}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0167-6296(01)00135-7}},
  volume       = {{21}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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