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Migraine headache and labor market outcomes

Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012

While migraine headache can be physically debilitating, no study has attempted to estimate its effects on labor market outcomes. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effect of migraine headache on labor force participation, hours worked, and...

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A collective retirement model : identification and estimation in the presence of externalities

Michaud, Pierre-Carl (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

We study the labor supply dynamics of elderly couples by means of a structural collective model. The model allows for general externalities with respect to spouses' leisure. Preferences and the intrahousehold bargaining process are identified by using panel data with couples and individuals who...

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Informal care and employment in England : evidence from the British household panel survey

Heitmueller, Axel (contributor); … - 2006

effects and correlated unobserved heterogeneity. We find evidence of a causal link from informal care to employment with … employment rates reduced by up to 6 percentage points. However, this effect is only found for co-residential carers who account … significantly smaller link from employment to care provision is found. A micro-simulation exercise using the model estimates suggest …

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Employment dynamics of married women in Europe

Michaud, Pierre-Carl (contributor); … - 2005

heterogeneity. Results are used to relate cross-country differences in the employment rate to the estimated dynamic regimes. We find … that cross-country differences in the employment rate and the persistence of employment transitions of married women are … the dynamic effect of fertility. -- intertemporal labor supply ; female employment ; dynamic binary choice models …

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The rise in obesity across the Atlantic : an economic perspective

Brunello, Giorgio (contributor); … - 2008

We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency considerations, which are organized around three...

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Understanding the economic consequences of shifting trends in population health

Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Goldman, Dana P.; Lakdawalla, Darius - 2009

The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity, diabetes, and other diseases could reduce life expectancy - with a concomitant decrease in the public-sector's annuity burden - but these savings may be offset by worsening...

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International differences in longevity and health and their economic consequences

Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Goldman, Dana P.; Lakdawalla, Darius - 2009

In 1975, 50 year-old Americans could expect to live slightly longer than their European counterparts. By 2005, American life expectancy at that age has diverged substantially compared to Europe. We find that this growing longevity gap is primarily the symptom of real declines in the health of...

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How did the elimination of the earnings test above the normal retirement age affect retirement expectations?

Michaud, Pierre-Carl (contributor); … - 2007

We look at the effect of the 2000 repeal of the earnings test above the normal retirement age (NRA) on retirement expectations of male workers in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Using administrative records on Social Security benefit entitlements linked to the HRS survey data, we can...

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Entrepreneurship, wealth, liquidity constraints and start-up costs

Fonseca, Raquel (contributor); … - 2007

We study the effects of liquidity constraints and start-up costs on the relationship between wealth and the fraction of entrepreneurs in an economy. We develop a dynamic occupational choice model with endogenous wealth and entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts that, with liquidity...

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On the rise of health spending and longevity

Fonseca, Raquel; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Galama, Titus; … - 2009

We use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. We estimate that technological change along with the increase in the...

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