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 …

paper uses a new source of longitudinal data on the health, labour force participation and retirement decisions of older New … influenced by their health status (both mental and physical), in addition to a wide range of economic, social and demographic … heterogeneity. We find a range of factors to be associated with the decision to retire, notably health status, marital status and …

after 1960 are no longer eligible for "occupational DI." Occupational DI (ODI) implies benefit eligibility when health … lifecycle work disability risk, (2) strong and positive income and health gradients in private ODI take-up, and (3) inversely … related income and health gradients in the lifecycle work disability risk. Simulations illustrate that policy reforms to lower …

A rich literature has studied the effect of job insecurity on health. However the causal link between these two … variables remains unclear. We study the relationship between perceived job insecurity and health using longitudinal data on … of the dataset compared to previous studies on job insecurity and health allows us to apply different estimation methods …

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 …

A rich literature has studied the effect of job insecurity on health. However the causal link between these two … variables remains unclear. We study the relationship between perceived job insecurity and health using longitudinal data on … of the dataset compared to previous studies on job insecurity and health allows us to apply different estimation methods …

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 …

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 …