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The impact of poor adult health on labor supply in the Russian Federation.
- Source :
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care [Eur J Health Econ] 2017 Apr; Vol. 18 (3), pp. 361-372. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Apr 16. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- We examine the labor supply consequences of poor health in the Russian Federation, a country with exceptionally adverse adult health outcomes. In both baseline OLS models and in models with individual fixed effects, more serious ill-health events, somewhat surprisingly, generally have only weak effects on hours worked. At the same time, their effect on the extensive margin of labor supply is substantial. Moreover, when combining the effects on both the intensive and extensive margins, the effect of illness on hours worked increases considerably for a range of conditions. In addition, for most part of the age distribution, people with poor self-assessed health living in rural areas are less likely to stop working, compared to people living in cities. While there is no conclusive explanation for this finding, it could be related to the existence of certain barriers that prevent people with poor health from withdrawing from the labor force in order to take care of their health.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Residence Characteristics statistics & numerical data
Russia epidemiology
Self Report
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Distribution
Socioeconomic Factors
Young Adult
Chronic Disease epidemiology
Employment statistics & numerical data
Health Status
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1618-7601
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27086321
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-016-0798-x