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 …

This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and children's engagement in education and … substantial evidence showing the intergenerational transmission of health, the literature investigating the impact of parental … health on children's educational and labour market outcomes is limited, especially in developing countries. We use child …

changes in prenatal employment translated into effects on newborn health measured via birth weight, gestational length, and … prenatal maternal leave. While this may be costly in the short run, little is known about the effect of maternal employment … during pregnancy on newborn health. In this paper, I exploit three sharp policy changes on the duration of paid parental …

changes in prenatal employment translated into effects on newborn health measured via birth weight, gestational length, and … prenatal maternal leave. While this may be costly in the short run, little is known about the effect of maternal employment … during pregnancy on newborn health. In this paper, I exploit three sharp policy changes on the duration of paid parental …

This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and children's engagement in education and … substantial evidence showing the intergenerational transmission of health, the literature investigating the impact of parental … health on children's educational and labour market outcomes is limited, especially in developing countries. We use child …

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 paper examines the effect of minimum wage increases on the self-reported health of teenage workers. We use a …/ethnicity and gender to uncover the differential effects of changes in the minimum wage on health. We find that white women are more … likely to report better health with a minimum wage increase while Hispanic men report worse health …

status in decisions to transition to self-employment. Much of the past literature has incorporated health status in models … using a discrete factor random effects model. Three hypotheses for the direct effect of health on the self-employment … who report relatively poorer health, are more likely to transition to self-employment over wage-employment, holding all …

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 …