This paper investigates the role of relative comparisons in health status for individual health satisfaction. Previous … population survey, we estimate empirical health satisfaction models that take these interrelations into account. We find that … illness on health satisfaction. This is also the first study to show the relevance of health-related upward and downward …

, self-reported health, and presence of chronic illness as health measures. After controlling for initial health conditions …

expectations over two time periods. Life satisfaction is used as a proxy for mental well-being. To identify a causal effect of …

health issues. This negative effect is confirmed when we allow for serial correlation in screening behavior and when we …

periods. Life satisfaction is used as a proxy for mental health. To identify a causal effect of unemployment, expectations and …This paper provides an empirical analysis of reference-dependent effects of unemployment on mental health. I show that … the negative effect of unemployment on mental health depends on expectations about the future employment status. Several …

conspicuous health as an argument in the utility function, in addition to the well-established conspicuous consumption term. We … conspicuous health has an opposite effect on the marginal tax rate, compared to an increase in concerns for conspicuous … consumption. Using life satisfaction panel data from Australia, along with an improved measure of exogenous reference groups (that …

The health care systems in the Nordic countries are facing key challenges. While the possibilities and willingness to … expand health care resources are limited, the demand for health care are increasing due to continuous development of new …, health care organizations are increasingly required to take economic restrictions into account and there is an urgent need to …