The link between health and economic preferences: Evidence from 22 OECD countries
利用22个OECD国家的调查数据，研究发现有健康限制的人更厌恶风险且更缺乏耐心，这种健康差距在风险和时间偏好上分别约为性别差距的60%和70%，且在不同人群和国家中普遍存在。
We study the link between health status and economic preferences using survey data from 22 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. We hypothesize that there is a relationship between poor health and the preferences that people hold, and therefore their choices and decisions. We find that individuals with a limiting health condition are more risk averse and less patient, and that this is true for physical and mental health conditions. The magnitudes of the health gap are approximately 60% and 70% of the gender gap in risk and time preferences, respectively. Importantly, the health gaps are large for males, females, young, old, school dropouts, degree holders, employed, nonemployed, rich, and poor. They also hold for countries with different levels of gross domestic product (GDP), inequality, social expenditure, and disease burden.