The effect of health on the marginal utility of consumption: Evidence based on household consumption expenditure
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Consumption; Health; Utility; Well-being; State-dependence;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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