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In this paper we investigate the role of response styles in the dynamics of work disability reporting. Using the 2004 and 2006 waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we document that in Europe surprisingly large fractions of individuals change their self-reported disability status within two years. We find that this dynamics can be largely explained by the fact that respondents change the way they evaluate the severity of work disability problems over time.

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Paper provided by Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno" in its series "Marco Fanno" Working Papers with number 0104.

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Length: 27 pages
Date of creation: Jan 2010
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Handle: RePEc:pad:wpaper:0104

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Keywords: Work disability; vignettes; reporting heterogeneity.;

Find related papers by JEL classification:

• I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
• J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
• C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Longitudinal Data; Spatial Time Series

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

• NEP-AGE-2010-01-23 (Economics of Ageing)
• NEP-ALL-2010-01-23 (All new papers)
• NEP-CBE-2010-01-23 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
• NEP-EEC-2010-01-23 (European Economics)
• NEP-LAB-2010-01-23 (Labour Economics)

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