Journal
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 137-160Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.07.003
Keywords
breast cancer; employment; labor market outcomes; hours worked
Funding
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R01CA086045] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NCI NIH HHS [R01-CA86045-01] Funding Source: Medline
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In this longitudinal study, we examine the consequences of breast cancer for women's labor market attachment for the 6-month period following diagnosis. Women with breast cancer, with the exception of those having in situ cancer, were less likely to work 6 months following diagnosis relative to a control sample of women drawn from the Current Population Survey. Breast cancer's non-employment effect appears to be twice as large for African-American women. Women with breast cancer who remained working worked fewer hours than women in the control group. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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