Ill-health can be expected to reduce employment and income. But are the effects sustained over time? Do they differ …, on employment and income up to six years after the health shock using linked Dutch hospital and tax register data. On … either employment or income. The distribution of ill-health contributes to income inequality: a health shock is both more …

Forthcoming in 'Health Economics'.<P> The self-employed are often reported to be healthier than wage workers; however …, the cause of this health difference is largely unknown. The longitudinal nature of the US Health and Retirement Study …-employment on health (benefit effect), or a health-related selection of individuals into self-employment (barrier effect). Our main …

We estimate the impact of health and financial incentives on the retirement transitions of older workers in Spain …. Individual measures of pension wealth, peak and accrual values are constructed using labor market histories and health shocks are … derived as changes in a composite health stock measure over time. We examine labour market exits into both old age retirement …

We estimate the impact of health and financial incentives on the retirement transitions of older workers in Spain …. Individual measures of pension wealth, peak and accrual values are constructed using labor market histories and health shocks are … derived as changes in a composite health stock measure over time. We examine labour market exits into both old age retirement …

income risks but also from deteriorated health. …We exploit an age discontinuity in a Dutch disability insurance (DI) reform to identify the health impact of stricter … negative health effect on females is restricted to women with low pre-disability earnings. We hypothesize that the gender …

Distribution', volume 2B, North Holland, Elsevier, chapter 18, 143 pages.<P> We examine the relationship between income and health … with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the distribution of health in a population contributes to income … makes to income inequality. Variation in exposure to health risks early in life is a potentially important mechanism through …

This paper estimates the impact of work environment health and safety practice on firm performance, and examines which … work health and safety environment (specifically, “internal climate” and “repetitive and strenuous activity”) strongly …