Abstract
This paper identifies health determinants in urban China applying the Grossman model. Using a wave of China Health and Nutrition Survey in 2000, we find that education has an important positive effect on health, and cost of health care services has a significantly negative impact. However, effects of wage rate and household income are insignificant. We also find that region is an important determinant of health. The body weight is also important, but unlike the finding in developed countries, under-weight instead of over-weight is a better predictor for poor health. Our results suggest that a male has better health than a female does, and a married couple has better health in urban China.
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