Contoyannis, P., Jones, A.M. and Rice, N. (2004) The dynamics of health in the British household panel survey. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 19 (4). pp. 473-503. ISSN 0883-7252
Abstract
This paper considers the dynamics of a categorical indicator of self-assessed health using eight waves (1991-1998) of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). Our analysis has three focal points: the relative contributions of state dependence and heterogeneity in explaining the dynamics of health, the existence and consequences of health-related sample attrition, and the investigation of the effects of measures of socioeconomic status, with a particular focus on educational attainment and income. To investigate these issues we use dynamic panel ordered probit models. There is clear evidence of health-related attrition in the data but this does not distort the estimates of state dependence and of the socioeconomic gradient in health. The models show strong positive state dependence and heterogeneity accounts for around 30% of the unexplained variation in health.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Centre for Health Economics (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 14 May 2009 10:15 |
Last Modified: | 14 May 2009 10:15 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jae.755 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Ltd |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/jae.755 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6443 |