Abstract
This paper analyses the role of health on exits out of and entries into employment using data from the first twelve waves of the British Household Panel Survey (1991-2002). We use discrete-time duration models to estimate the effect of health on the hazard of becoming non-employed and on the hazard of becoming employed. The results show that general health, measured by a variable that captures health limitations and by a constructed latent health index, affects entries into and exits out of employment; the effects being higher for men than for women. The results are robust to different definitions of employment, and to the exclusion of older workers from the analysis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 62-76 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Labour Economics |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- BHPS
- Discrete-time hazard models
- Employment
- Health
- Health shocks