Lifestyle Economics- A Health and Labor-market Analysis of Iceland

Lifestyle Economics explores several links between health lifestyle and thelabor market. Special emphasis is given to health equality obesity andalcohol problems. This is done in the context of Iceland which is importantand interesting in an international context. The Icelandic government takes financialresponsibility for the medical-care demands of its citizens to thepoint where non-governmental funding of such consumption has been negligiblefor several decades. The same holds true for disability-related income replacements.With one of the most expensive centralized medical systems inthe world it is important to see if the equalitarian goals of this system havebeen effectively attained. Thus this book should be interesting for researcherspolicy makers and the interested public alike.