Changes in health-related quality of life : a compensating income variation approach

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We are grateful to an anonymous referee for useful comments and suggestions. We are grateful to the participants of the 2017 Health Economics Study Group (University of Birmingham) for their suggestions. Funding support from the University of Aberdeen is gratefully acknowledged. The Health Economics Research Unit is funded in part by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. This paper uses unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The HILDA Project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute). The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the author and should not be attributed to either DSS or the Melbourne Institute.Peer reviewedPostprintPostprin