Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/65971 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2010-08
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
Research on the socioeconomic determinants of health is often based on parental assessments of their children's health. We assess this approach by comparing directly evaluations from parents, teachers, children and psychiatrists of three aspects of child mental health from two major UK surveys. We test whether the different observers give reports that are systematically related to observable child and parent characteristics and find that the differences are large and systematic. This in turn results in systematic differences in the estimated magnitude and significance of the health-income gradient, suggesting that one should be cautious in interpreting findings from the research literature.
Subjects: 
Child Health
Income
Reporting Bias
JEL: 
I12
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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