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

• 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.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

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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