Dynamics of self-rated health and selective mortality

Empirical Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-140

  Heiss, Florian ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Limited dependent variables models; Panel data; Self rated health; Survivorship bias

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT; SURVIVORSHIP;

EID: 79551687373     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-010-0422-3     Document Type: Article

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