Mortality, family and lifestyles

Gregory Ponthiere

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Abstract: While there is a large empirical literature on the intergenerational transmission of health and survival outcomes in relation to lifestyles, little theoretical work exists on the long-run prevalence of (un)healthy lifestyles induced by mortality patterns. To examine that issue, this paper develops an overlapping generations model where a healthy lifestyle and an unhealthy lifestyle are transmitted vertically or obliquely across generations. It is shown that there must exist a locally stable heterogeneous equilibrium involving a majority of healthy agents, as a result of the larger parental gains from socialization efforts under a higher life expectancy. Wealso examine the robustness of our results to the introduction of parental altruistic concerns for children's health and of asymmetric socialization costs.

Keywords: altruism; family; lifestyle; longevity; socialization; altruisme; famille; mode de vie; longévité; socialisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-09
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Journal Article: Mortality, Family and Lifestyles (2011)
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Working Paper: Mortality, Family and Lifestyles (2011)
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