The demand for health: differences between the native Dutch and immigrants in the Netherlands

Judith R. Cornelisse-Vermaat and Henriette Maassen van den Brink

No 46731, Mansholt Working Papers from Wageningen University, Mansholt Graduate School of Social Sciences

Abstract: This paper estimates the demand for health by using a health capital model for different population groups (native Dutch, Surinamese/Antillean, Moroccan, and Turkish) in the Netherlands. Also the effect of overweight on health utility is investigated. We found a decrease in the demand for health for age, overweight, and smoking, we found an increase in the demand for health for level of education and marital status. The analyses show a strong effect of gender. Being female in all groups is negatively related to health utility. Turkish and Moroccan ethnicity is negatively related to health status.

Keywords: Health; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.46731

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