This paper examines the relationship between health and labour force participation using data from the first three … waves of the Survey of Family, Income and Employment (SoFIE) (2002/05). Using various health measures, the results show that … health is significantly related to labour force participation, even after accounting for certain types of endogeneity. The …

This paper aims to quantify some of the costs associated with ill health in New Zealand. The main focus is in … estimating indirect costs as opposed to direct health care expenditure costs. In particular, it estimates the cost of absenteeism …, presenteeism, working less and not working at all owing to ill health. Around 1,196,200 working age, non-students are estimated to …

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 …

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 …

Estimates are reported of the consequences of health on participation in the labor force of elderly men and women in … Taiwan from 1989 to 1996. Three survey indicators of individual health are examined, and two are estimated by instrumental … variables (IV), using as instruments parent longevity, birthplace, and childhood conditions. IV estimates of health's effect on …

We investigate the labour supply response to acute health shocks experienced in the post-crash labour market by … acute health shock, defined by the incidence of cancer, stroke, or heart attack. Results, obtained through a combination of … coarsened exact and propensity score matching, show acute health shocks significantly reduce participation, with younger workers …

This dissertation is composed of three essays which examine the effects of health on labor market outcomes. Chapter 1 … reviews the literature on health and the labor market. It also emphasizes the inherent endogeneity of health when included in … endogeneity. In chapter 2, I use 2000 to 2007 data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) to examine the role of health …

data are drawn from the new Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We examine the value added of … objective health variables in relation to potentially endogenous self-reported health. We approach the endogeneity of self …-reported health as an omitted variables problem. In line with the literature on the reliability of self-reported health, ambiguous …

Estimates are reported of the consequences of health on participation in the labor force of elderly men and women in … Taiwan from 1989 to 1996. Three survey indicators of individual health are examined, and two are estimated by instrumental … variables (IV), using as instruments parent longevity, birthplace, and childhood conditions. IV estimates of health's effect on …

and temporal variation inhousing price appreciation linked to individual-level health data in China from 2000 to 2011.We … diseases. This negative health impact is more pronounced amongindividuals from low-income families, households that purchased … marriage market competition exacerbates these negative health effects,particularly for males and parents with young adult sons …