@techreport{Lindeboom2004Point,
abstract = {There is a concern that ordered responses on health questions may differ across populations
or even across subgroups of a population. This reporting heterogeneity may invalidate group
comparisons and measures of health inequality. This paper proposes a test for differential
reporting in ordered response models which allows us to distinguish between cut-point shift
and index shift. The method is illustrated using Canadian National Population Health Survey
data. The McMaster Health Utility Index (HUI) is used as a more objective health measure
than the simple 5-point scale of self-assessed health. We find clear evidence of index shifting
and cut-point shifting for age and gender, but not for income, education or language.},
author = {Maarten Lindeboom and Eddy van Doorslaer},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {I12; I10; D31; D30; 330; hierarchical ordered probit; health measurement; cut-point shift; index shift; Canada; Gesundheit; Meinungsforschung; Interview; Kanada},
language = {eng},
number = {1286},
title = {Cut-Point Shift and Index Shift in Self-Reported Health},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20552},
year = {2004}
}
