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Inferring Occupation Arduousness from Poor Health Beyond the Age of 50

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  • Arno Baurin

    (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES))

  • Sandy Tubeuf

    (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), Institute of Health and Society (IRSS, UCLouvain))

  • Vincent Vandenberghe

    (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES))

Abstract

This paper shows that the analyst with no information on occupation arduousness could reasonably infer it from poor health beyond 50. Using retrospective lifetime data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), including the respondents' professional career described with ISCO 2-digit, this paper finds a statistically significant link between many occupations and the risk of poor health beyond the age of 50. Next, we quantify the relative contribution of professional occupation to poor health compared to other factors decomposing the variance of health disparities between sources. We find that occupation's arduousness - although a significant predictor of poor health - is less consequential than initial health endowment, demographics or country fixed effects in explaining differences in health at an older age.

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  • Arno Baurin & Sandy Tubeuf & Vincent Vandenberghe, 2022. "Inferring Occupation Arduousness from Poor Health Beyond the Age of 50," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2022005, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    • Handle: RePEc:ctl:louvir:2022005
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    1. Claire Duchene & Benoît Bayenet & Ilan Tojerow, 2023. "Policy brief :Les effets de la pension sur la santé," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/363611, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

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    Keywords

    Health; Work; Occupation Arduousness; Variance Decomposition;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy

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