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Title: Further Evidence on the Economic Effects of Poor Health
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Chirikos, Thomas N. Nestel, Gilbert |
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Further Evidence on the Economic Effects of Poor Health Review of Economics and Statistics 67,1 (February 1985): 61-69. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1928435 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Older Men Publisher: Harvard University Press Keyword(s): Earnings; Gender Differences; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines variations in current economic welfare attributable to different profiles or histories of health status over the preceding ten year period. A two-equation model, estimated with National Longitudinal Survey data for four sex-race groups, provides convincing evidence that health problems incurred in the past adversely affect current earnings. This legacy is difficult to overcome: it remains even for individuals in improving health willing to devote relatively greater effort to market work. A history of poor health is also shown to exact substantially different economic tolls from men and women as well as from whites and blacks. |
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Chirikos, Thomas N. and Gilbert Nestel. "Further Evidence on the Economic Effects of Poor Health." Review of Economics and Statistics 67,1 (February 1985): 61-69.
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