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Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain
Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; Soest, Arthur van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
biennial waves from the Health and Retirement Study. We find the dynamics of the presence of pain is central to understanding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703640
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Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain
Smith, James P.; van soest, arthur; Kapteyn, Arie - RAND - 2006
, using six biennial waves from the Health and Retirement Study. They find the dynamics of the presence of pain is central to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005545498
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Work Disability, Work, and Justification Bias in Europe and the U.S.
Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; van soest, arthur - RAND - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536716
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Self-reported Work Disability in the US and The Netherlands
Smith, James P.; van soest, arthur; Kapteyn, Arie - RAND - 2004
more often report that they have a work limiting health problem than respondents in the US. The difference remains when … controlling for demographic characteristics and observed onsets of health problems. Respondent evaluations of work limitations of … response scales for different health domains is compared with a model that allows for domain specific response scales. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005526920
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International Comparisons of Work Disability
Smith, James P.; van soest, arthur; Banks, James; … - RAND - 2004
Self-reported work disability is analyzed in the US, the UK and the Netherlands. Different wordings of the questions lead to different work disability rates. But even if identical questions are asked, crosscountry differences remain substantial. Respondent evaluations of work limitations of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005545475
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Work Disability is a Pain in the *****, Especially in England, The Netherlands, and the United States
Smith, James P.; van soest, arthur; Banks, James; … - RAND - 2005
This paper investigates the role of pain in determining self-reported work disability in the U.S., the U.K. and The Netherlands. Even if identical questions are asked, cross-country differences in reported work disability remain substantial. In the U.S. and the Netherlands, respondent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005545486
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International Comparisons of Work Disability
Banks, James; Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; van … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Self-reported work disability is analyzed in the US, the UK and the Netherlands. Different wordings of the questions lead to different work disability rates. But even if identical questions are asked, cross-country differences remain substantial. Respondent evaluations of work limitations of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566405
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Labor Market Status and Transitions during the Pre-Retirement Years: Learning from International Differences
Smith, James P.; van soest, arthur; Kapteyn, Arie; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710280
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Work Disability, Work, and Justification Bias in Europe and the U.S.
Smith, James P.; van soest, arthur; Kapteyn, Arie - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037680
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Validating the use of vignettes for subjective threshold scales
Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Soest, Arthur Van; … - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2007
Comparing self-assessed indicators of subjective outcomes such as health, work disability, political efficacy, job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269231