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Many western industrialized countries face strong budgetary pressures due to the aging of the baby boom generations and the general trends toward earlier ages of retirement. We use the American PSID and the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) to explain differences in prevalence and...
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To analyze the effect of health on work, many studies use a simple self-assessed health measure based upon a question … such as "do you have an impairment or health problem limiting the kind or amount of work you can do?" A possible drawback … fact that they don't work, non-working respondents may classify a given health problem as a more serious work limitation …
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companies and HMOs. In this paper, we study the role of current prescription drug use and health risks, related expectations …' choices respond to the incentives provided by their own health status and the market environment as predicted by the …
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suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder …’s pregnancy have a poorer general health and are sick more often than people who were not exposed. This effect is especially … pronounced among older people, who, when exposed, also report health problems more often that are indicative of coronary heart …
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We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991 …/92 waves of the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). Uniquely, the survey asks respondents what they think are the main … causes of ten common health conditions, and we compare these answers to those given by medical professionals to form an index …
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This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from the ECHPS. Women are over-represented in part-time jobs in all countries considered, but while in northern Europe such allocation roughly reflects women’s preferences and their...
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China's new Labor Contract Law took effect on January 2008 and required firms to give migrant workers written contracts, strengthened labor protections for workers and contained penalties for firms that did not follow the labor code. This paper uses survey data of migrant workers in the Pearl...
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Coal mining is a dangerous occupation where safety is an important output. Fatalities and disasters may change future accident costs at or near a mine. We use this variation to understand the tradeoffs between mineral output and safety. We find that government inspections and penalties increase...
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We study how provider choice in workers' compensation cases affects costs and outcomes. When employees choose the provider, costs are higher and return-to-work outcomes are worse, while physical recovery is the same although satisfaction with medical care is higher. The higher costs and worse...
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What effect does a severe disability have on individuals' employment and earnings? Has the computer revolution lessened the adverse labor market consequences of severe disabilities? This paper investigates the labor market effects of severe, traumatic disabilities resulting from spinal cord...
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