The absolute health income hypothesis revisited: a semiparametric quantile regression approach
Authors: Yiguo Sun and Thanasis Stengos
Overview
Abstract (English)
This paper uses the 1998-1999 Canadian National Population Health Survey data to examine the health-income relationship that underlies the absolute income hypothesis. To allow for nonlinearity and data heterogeneity, we use a partially linear semiparametric quantile regression model. The “absolute income hypothesis” is partially true; the negative aging effects appear more pronounced for the ill-healthy population than for the healthy population and when annual income is below 40,000 Canadian dollars.
Abstract (French)
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Details
Type | Journal article |
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Author | Yiguo Sun and Thanasis Stengos |
Publication Year | 2008 |
Title | The absolute health income hypothesis revisited: a semiparametric quantile regression approach |
Volume | 35 |
Journal Name | Empirical Economics |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 395-412 |
Publication Language | English |
- Yiguo Sun
- Yiguo Sun and Thanasis Stengos
- The absolute health income hypothesis revisited: a semiparametric quantile regression approach
- Empirical Economics
- 35
- 2008
- 2
- 395-412