Chatterji, Pinka; Joo, Heesoo; Lahiri, Kajal - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
This paper studies racial/ethnic disparities in awareness of chronic diseases using biomarker data from the 2006 HRS. We estimate a 3-step sequential probit model which accounts for selection into: (1) participating in biomarker collection; (2) having illness (hypertension or diabetes); (3)...