Peer effects in health valuation: the relation between rating of contemporaries' health and own health.
Arthur E AttemaWerner B F BrouwerJose Luis Pinto PradesPublished in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2018)
We provide evidence that people's own health rating is related to the perception of health of contemporaries. Our results indicate that knowledge about a respondent's perception of others' health is useful in explaining health state valuations.