Does Personality Affect how People Perceive their Health?
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Keywords
health satisfaction; personality; Big Five factors; illness; subjective well-being;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2013-09-26 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-HAP-2013-09-26 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HEA-2013-09-26 (Health Economics)
- NEP-NEU-2013-09-26 (Neuroeconomics)
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