Are Recessions Good for Your Health Behaviors? Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Iceland

Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir, Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan, Þórhildur Ólafsdóttir, Nancy E. Reichman

NBER Working Paper No. 18233
Issued in July 2012

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The authors are grateful to the University of Iceland Research Fund, The Icelandic Research Fund, the Edda Center of Excellence, and Princeton University’s Center for Health and Wellbeing for financial support; to David Bishai, Dhaval Dave, Partha Deb, Michael Grossman, Ruoding Tan, and the participants of the NBER Spring 2012 Health Economics Workshop for helpful comments; and to Taťána, Čepková, Oliver Joszt, and Norma Lamo for excellent research assistance. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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