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health than for money. Furthermore, we test if preferences for a risky treatment for a disease affecting only quality of life … health the empirical evidence is lacking. In this study we empirically measure multivariate and higher-order risk preferences …

life (VSL) and the degree of complementarity between consumption and labor supplied when health status serves as a … potential source of variation in this relationship. Our empirical analysis finds that variations in an individual's health …