Fouquet, Florian; Meehan, Lisa; Pacheco, Gail; Theadom, … - 2023
The literature on health shocks finds that minor injuries have only a short-term impact on labour market outcomes … highlights that they can have long-term health and cognitive effects. We use administrative data on all medically-diagnosed mTBIs … both employment and earnings. Rather than dissipating over time, these negative effects grow, representing a decrease in …