Testing for an Economic Gradient in Health Status Using Subjective Data

Can self-assessments of health reveal the true health differentials between 'rich' and 'poor'? The potential sources of bias include psychological adaptation to ill-health, socioeconomic covariates of health reporting errors and income measurement errors. We propose an estimation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lokshin, Michael, Ravallion, Martin
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4726