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Employment, job skills and occupational mobility of cancer survivors

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  • Heinesen, Eskil
  • Imai, Susumu
  • Maruyama, Shiko

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Previous studies find significant negative effects of cancer on employment, with stronger effects for less-educated workers. We investigate whether the effect of cancer varies by skill requirement in the pre-cancer occupation, whether such heterogeneity can explain educational gradients, and whether cancer is associated with changes in job characteristics for cancer survivors who remain employed four years after the diagnosis. We combine Danish administrative registers with detailed skill requirement data and use individuals without cancer as a control group. Our main findings are the following: the negative effect of cancer on employment is stronger if the pre-cancer occupation requires high levels of manual skills or low levels of cognitive skills; the educational gradient diminishes substantially if we allow the effects of cancer to also depend on pre-cancer skill requirements; and cancer is not associated with occupational mobility, indicating potential for policies that reduce labour market frictions for cancer survivors.

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  • Heinesen, Eskil & Imai, Susumu & Maruyama, Shiko, 2018. "Employment, job skills and occupational mobility of cancer survivors," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 151-175.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jhecon:v:58:y:2018:i:c:p:151-175
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.01.006
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    Keywords

    Health shock; Return to work; Human capital; Earnings; Disability pension;
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    JEL classification:

    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion

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