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¿Cómo influye la temperatura en la demanda de seguros de salud?
Yanran Chen1, Ruo Jia2, Xuezheng Qin2
1School of Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China.
Resumen
Las temperaturas extremas impulsan las compras de seguros de salud. Tanto el calor como el frío aumentan la demanda, con el calor el calor aumenta.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud Ambiental Salud del medio ambiente.
- La economía del comportamiento es la economía del comportamiento.
- Estudios de Seguros Estudios de Seguros Estudios de Seguros Estudios de Seguros
Sus antecedentes:
- El cambio climático y las temperaturas extremas presentan riesgos significativos para la salud humana.
- Comprender cómo los factores ambientales influyen en las decisiones financieras relacionadas con la salud es crucial.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el impacto de eventos de temperatura anormales en el comportamiento de compra de seguros de salud.
- Para diferenciar los efectos del calor frente al frío en las decisiones de seguros.
- Identificar los factores que moderan la demanda de seguros relacionados con la temperatura.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizó un conjunto de datos patentado que vincula los registros de seguros de enfermedades críticas con datos meteorológicos diarios.
- Análisis estadístico empleado para correlacionar las variaciones de temperatura con las tasas de compra de seguros.
- Se examinó la influencia de la experiencia previa con calor anormal, las preferencias de riesgo y los ciclos económicos.
Principales resultados:
- Tanto el calor como el frío aumentan significativamente las compras de seguros de salud.
- El impacto del calor se atribuye a los riesgos para la salud y la importancia de las olas de calor anormales, que disminuyen con la experiencia.
- Las temperaturas frías no mostraron un aumento similar en los riesgos para la salud o el efecto de saliencia.
Conclusiones:
- Las temperaturas anormales, especialmente las olas de calor, influyen de manera demostrable en las decisiones de seguro de salud.
- El efecto de saliencia juega un papel clave en la demanda de seguros inducida por el calor, moderada por la experiencia y las medidas adaptativas como el aire acondicionado.
- Los factores demográficos y ocupacionales (por ejemplo, hombres, ancianos, trabajadores al aire libre) muestran una mayor sensibilidad al calor.
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