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Performance of people with diabetes in the labor market: An empirical approach controlling for complications

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  • Rodríguez-Sánchez, Beatriz
  • Cantarero-Prieto, David

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This paper introduces a framework for modelling the impact that diabetes has on employment status and wages, improving the existing literature by controlling for diabetes-related complications. Using the last wave of the Spanish National Health Survey, we find that 1710 adults out of the original sample of 36,087 have diabetes, reporting higher rates of unemployment. Our empirical results suggest that persons with diabetes, compared with non-diabetic persons, have poorer labor outcomes in terms of length of unemployment and lower income. However, diabetes is not significantly associated with unemployment probabilities, suggesting that the burden of diabetes on employment is mediated by lifestyle factors and clinical and functional complications. In addition, there are mixed outcomes to this econometric approach, depending on age and gender, among other factors. This interesting finding has several implications for research and policy on strategies to get lower health inequalities.

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  • Rodríguez-Sánchez, Beatriz & Cantarero-Prieto, David, 2017. "Performance of people with diabetes in the labor market: An empirical approach controlling for complications," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 27(PA), pages 102-113.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:27:y:2017:i:pa:p:102-113
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.05.005
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    1. Rodríguez-Sánchez, Beatriz & Cantarero-Prieto, David, 2019. "Socioeconomic differences in the associations between diabetes and hospital admission and mortality among older adults in Europe," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 33(C), pages 89-100.
    2. Kumara, Ajantha Sisira & Samaratunge, Ramanie, 2018. "The effects of chronic non-communicable diseases on labour force outcomes: Quasi experimental evidence from Sri Lanka," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 40-53.
    3. Paolo Nicola Barbieri & Hieu Nguyen, 2022. "Diabetes and Young Adults’ Labor Supply: Evidence from a Novel Instrumental Variable Strategy," Journal of Labor Research, Springer, vol. 43(1), pages 1-23, March.

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    Keywords

    Health; Chronic disease; Diabetes; Earnings; Employment;
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    JEL classification:

    • I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General - - - General
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General

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