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dc.contributor.authorLindeboom, Maartenen
dc.contributor.authorvan Doorslaer, Eddyen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:14:57Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:14:57Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/20552-
dc.description.abstractThere is a concern that ordered responses on health questions may differ across populationsor even across subgroups of a population. This reporting heterogeneity may invalidate groupcomparisons and measures of health inequality. This paper proposes a test for differentialreporting in ordered response models which allows us to distinguish between cut-point shiftand index shift. The method is illustrated using Canadian National Population Health Surveydata. The McMaster Health Utility Index (HUI) is used as a more objective health measurethan the simple 5-point scale of self-assessed health. We find clear evidence of index shiftingand cut-point shifting for age and gender, but not for income, education or language.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1286en
dc.subject.jelI12en
dc.subject.jelI10en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelD30en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordhierarchical ordered probiten
dc.subject.keywordhealth measurementen
dc.subject.keywordcut-point shiften
dc.subject.keywordindex shiften
dc.subject.keywordCanadaen
dc.subject.stwGesundheiten
dc.subject.stwMeinungsforschungen
dc.subject.stwInterviewen
dc.subject.stwKanadaen
dc.titleCut-Point Shift and Index Shift in Self-Reported Health-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn464439051en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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