Consider the following 4 examples of health stock over the life cycle.
- Consider the following 4 examples of health stock over the life cycle.
- From birth on, pairwise compare the lives by who gets greater utility from health (hint: use health (H) instead of age). Or, suppose that utility only depends on health. Fill in your answer in the 1st column of the table by indicating who gets greater utility. If utility is equal, mark an “=” sign; if it’s ambiguous, write “?”
- From age = T on, pairwise compare the lives by who gets greater utility from health (hint: use health (H) instead of age). Or, suppose that utility only depends on health. Fill in your answer in the 2nd column.
- Repeat the exercise in part a) (from birth on) if the utility function only depends on remaining years of life (hint: use age instead of health (H)). Use the 3rd column.
- Repeat the exercise in part c) (from age = T) if the utility function only depends on remaining years of life (hint: use age instead of health (H)). Use the 4th column
| From birth | From age=T | From birth (care about remaining years only) | From age=T (care about remaining years only) | |
| A vs. B | ||||
| A vs. C | ||||
| A vs. D | ||||
| B vs. C | ||||
| B vs. D | ||||
| C vs. D |
