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SUBMITTER: Fletcher J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6063372 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fletcher Jason J Marksteiner Ryne R
American economic journal. Economic policy 20171101 4
Current methods of cost effectiveness analysis implicitly assume zero spillovers among social ties. This can underestimate the benefits of health interventions and misallocate resources toward interventions with lower comprehensive effects. We discuss the implications of social spillovers for program evaluation and document the first evidence of causal spillovers of health behaviors between spouses by leveraging experimental data from the Lung Health Study (smoking) and COMBINE Study (drinking). ...[more]