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health, income, and selection into each employment status. The data used in this study is obtained from the 2007 Cameroon …The objective of this paper is to assess the relationship between the health and the income from work of wage earners … and self-employed workers in Cameroon. Health status is measured by a self-assessment of an individual's health; and …
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We investigate two-way causality between health and the hourly wage by employing insights from the human capital and … estimation methods in this investigation. We uncover a causal relationship between two of five measures of health and the wage in … which a reduction in health leads to an increase in the wage rate in a panel of U.S. young adults who had completed their …
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different levels of schooling on health, health-related behaviors, and labor market outcomes. We develop an approach that is a … shaping educational choices and labor market and health outcomes. We improve on LATE by identifying the groups affected by …
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This paper uses data on both self-reported and true measures of individual Body Mass Index (BMI) to examine the nature of measurement error in self-reported BMI and to look at the consequences of using self-reported measures when estimating the effect of BMI on economic outcomes. In keeping with...
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reforms that were implemented in the Netherlands have helped or hindered employment opportunities of workers with health … disabilities and about the cost of disability insurance programs. This paper examines whether the fundamental disability insurance … employer incentives may stimulate preventive and reintegration activities by firms, thereby improving the employment …
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We examine whether economic downturns are beneficial to health outcomes of newborn infants in developed countries. For … this we use merged population-wide registers on health and economic and demographic variables, including the national … dying within 28 days of birth by 10–15%. Effects are larger in low socio-economic status households. Health improvements …
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Dimensions of cognitive skills are potentially important but often neglected determinants of the central economic outcomes that shape overall well-being over the life course. There exists enormous variation among households in their rates of wealth accumulation, their holdings of financial...
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causal impact of poor health on labour force participation, hours worked and wages. There appears to be a significant … the Chernobyl disaster on the health and labour market performance of the adult workforce. The variation in the local area … positive association between local area-level radiation dosage and health perception based on self-reported poor health status …
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study the nature of the relationship between poor health and non-employment on a sample of German men aged 30-59. We propose … to model poor health and non-employment as interrelated risks determined within a dynamic structure conditional on a set … persistence in the dynamics of poor health and non-employment …
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data are drawn from the new Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The empirical analysis shows that … health is multi-dimensional, in the sense that different health indicators have their own significant impact on individuals …' participation decisions. Health effects differ markedly between countries. A counterfactual exercise shows that improved health …
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