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The impact of diabetes on employment: genetic IVs in a bivariate probit

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H. Shelton Brown (University of Texas School of Public Health, School of Public Health Building (RAHC), Texas, USA)
José A. Pagán
Elena Bastida (Department of Sociology and Center on Aging and Health, University of Texas-Pan American, Texas, USA)
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Diabetes has been shown to have a detrimental impact on employment and labor market productivity, which results in lost work days and higher mortality|disability. This study utilizes data from the Border Epidemiologic Study on Aging to analyze the endogeneity of diabetes in an employment model. We use family history of diabetes as genetic instrumental variables. We show that assuming that diabetes is an exogenous variable results in an overestimate (underestimate) of the negative impact of diabetes on female (male) employment. Our results are particularly relevant in the case of populations where genetic predisposition has an important role in the etiology of diabetes. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Article provided by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. in its journal Health Economics.

Volume (Year): 14 (2005)
Issue (Month): 5 ()
Pages: 537-544
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  1. Elena Bastida & José A. Pagán, 2002. "The impact of diabetes on adult employment and earnings of Mexican Americans: Findings from a community based study," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 11(5), pages 403-413. [Downloadable!]
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  3. William H. Greene, 1998. "Gender Economics Courses in Liberal Arts Colleges: Further Results," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 29(4), pages 291-300. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Kahn, Matthew E, 1998. "Health and Labor Market Performance: The Case of Diabetes," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 16(4), pages 878-99, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Edward C. Norton & Euna Han, 2008. "Genetic information, obesity, and labor market outcomes," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 17(9), pages 1089-1104. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Haan, Peter & Myck, Michal, 2009. "Dynamics of Poor Health and Non-Employment," IZA Discussion Papers 4154, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  3. Ehsan Latif, 2009. "The impact of diabetes on employment in Canada," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 18(5), pages 577-589. [Downloadable!]
  4. Peter Haan & Michal Myck, 2009. "Dynamics of Poor Health and Non-Employment," SOEPpapers 195, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). [Downloadable!]
  5. José A. Pagán & Andrea Puig & Beth J. Soldo, 2007. "Health insurance coverage and the use of preventive services by Mexican adults," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 16(12), pages 1359-1369. [Downloadable!]
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