Consumer Behaviour, Labour Supply and Diabetes: The Complex Case

Joao Ricardo Faria

No 88, Working Paper Series from Finance Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney

Abstract: This article examines the behaviour of a consumer diagnosed with diabetes. It is shown that the medical treatment of the disease creates incentives that make diabetic's consumption and wieght display cyclical patterns. One implication is that labour supply can be cyclical as well.

Keywords: consumption behaviour; labour supply; limit cycles; health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 D11 D91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 1999-08-01
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