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 … satisfaction. Furthermore, higher levels of reference-group illness can temporarily alleviate the adverse impact of one's own …

expectations regarding effectiveness) in shaping citizen satisfaction. In this study, we examine whether social equity also affects … satisfaction. Specifically, we consider whether citizens interpret service provision through the lens of ingroup … social strata. Even when a student’s individual outcome is held constant, satisfaction varies with the school-level gap …