Work Behavior After the Onset of Arthritis

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ID9105061
AuthorsJean M Mitchell (0000-0002-2765-4624, Florida State University, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume29
Issue4
Pages362-376
Publication date1991-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-199104000-00005
PMID2020204
OpenAlexW2064613411
LanguageEN
References cited7

Considerable evidence indicates that poor health has significant negative effects on labor force market activity. Nevertheless, because most of these analyses are based on cross-sectional data, their findings only indicate the relationship between poor health and work at a moment in time. This article uses a dynamic hazard model to examine how the onset of arthritis affects work behavior over the life cycle. The results indicate that the deterioration of health over time is the most significant determinant of why men with arthritis leave the labor force earlier than their otherwise healthy counterparts. These findings imply that the health-work relationship should be examined within the context of a life cycle framework to obtain a complete picture of the economic consequences of poor health

Arthritis · Context (archaeology) · Hazard · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Internal Medicine · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Medicine · Psychology

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