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The effect of sickn...
The effect of sickness on earnings
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- Andrén, Daniela, 1968 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics
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Palmer, Edward (författare)
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(creator_code:org_t)
- Göteborg, 2001
- Engelska.
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Serie: Working Papers in Economics (online), 1403-2465 ; 45
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Abstract
Ämnesord
Stäng
- The question addressed in this paper is whether sickness history affects annual earnings and hourly wages in Sweden. If poor health makes people less productive, we expect to find a negative effect of previous health history on hourly wages. If, instead, poor health reduces peoples working capacity, but not their productivity, this implies only a decrease in hours worked. Using a longitudinal database for individual sickness, we estimate both (annual) earnings and (hourly) wage equations, and find that people who are healthy in the current year, but have long-term sickness in the previous five years have lower earnings than persons without long-term sickness.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- human capital model; age-earnings profiles; earnings; wage equations
- sickness spells; health variables
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- vet (ämneskategori)
- rap (ämneskategori)