This article reviews economic studies based on data from high income countries published
from 2007 to early 2024 to address three questions:(1) How accurate are subjective beliefs …

Background: Population data on tobacco use and its determinants require continuous
monitoring and careful inter-country comparison. We aimed to provide the most up-to-date …

Gender and socioeconomic differences in subjective life expectancy (SLE) are an
unexplored arena in the geriatric literature concerning low-resource settings. Information on …

Subjective survival scaling factors are often estimated from one observation of life
expectancy and treated as constant to any target age. Using new survey data on subjective …

Abstract Background Subjective survival probabilities (SSPs) are considered relevant in
relation to lifestyle as lifestyle improvements may improve health and lower mortality risk …

This study analyzes effects of changes in risk perceptions of smoking's health harms on
actual and attempted quits and quitting intentions of male smokers in China. Our survey of …

This paper examines how older individuals living in 9 European countries evaluate their
chances of survival. We use survey data for the years 2004 and 2015 to construct population …

Understanding the variability of survival probabilities, both between and within cohorts, is
important in order to understand life-cycle decisions under uncertainty. In this paper we …

Subjective life expectancy is a powerful predictor of a variety of health and economic
behaviors. This research expands upon the life expectancy literature by examining the …

Background Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is becoming an important indicator of population
health. While actuarial estimates of HLE are frequently studied, there is scarcity of research …