Date of Award
1-1-2011
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of Economics
Content Description
1 online resource (vii, 137 pages) : illustrations.
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Kajal Lahiri
Committee Members
Pinka Chatterji, Diane Dewar, John B Jones
Keywords
anchoring vignettes, attrition bias, disability, response scale thresholds, self assessed health, unobserved heterogeneity, Retirees, Older people, Health surveys
Subject Categories
Economics
Abstract
This dissertation examines the subtleties inherent to socioeconomic models of health. The relative contributions of unobserved heterogeneity and state dependence in explaining the dynamics of health in the U.S. are controlled for as the average partial effects of socioeconomic status are estimated. In addition to these investigations, I use anchoring vignette data from the Health and Retirement Study to investigate health perceptions in the U.S. and how they affect the comparability of self assessments of health across the population.
Recommended Citation
Noroski, Paul J., "Self assessed health, anchoring vignettes, and unobserved heterogeneity in the health and retirement study" (2011). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 416.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/416