Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain

This paper investigates the role of pain in affecting self-reported work disability and employment of elderly workers in the US.We investigate pain and its relationship to work disability and work in a dynamic panel data model, using six biennial waves from the Health and Retirement Study.We find the dynamics of the presence of pain is central to understanding the dynamics of self-reported work disability.By affecting work disability pain also has important implications for the dynamic patterns of employment.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	van soest, arthur ; Kapteyn, A. ; Smith, J.P.
Institutions:	Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research
Subject:	Work limiting disability \| health

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Discussion Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series CentER Discussion Paper Number 2006-22
Classification:	J28 - Safety; Accidents; Industrial Health; Job Satisfaction, Related Public Policy ; I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; C81 - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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