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Self-assessed health, reference levels, and mortality
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Abstract The paper studies the relationship between self-assessed health and subsequent mortality in the German Socio-Economic Panel. Specifically, I examine whether socio-economic characteristics of respondents have an effect on mortality, conditional on self-assessed health. Such conditional effects are sh... view more
The paper studies the relationship between self-assessed health and subsequent mortality in the German Socio-Economic Panel. Specifically, I examine whether socio-economic characteristics of respondents have an effect on mortality, conditional on self-assessed health. Such conditional effects are shown to exist for various covariates, including age, income, and wealth. These findings question the comparability of self-assessed health across different socio-economic groups.... view less
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 569-582
Journal
Applied Economics, 40 (2008) 5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500447823
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)