Journal
ECONOMICS & HUMAN BIOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 534-544Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.04.004
Keywords
Diabetes; Labor supply; Wages; Panel data
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Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, the current study examines the effect of type I and type II diabetes on employment status and wages. The results suggest that both the probability of employment and wages are negatively related to the number of years since the initial diagnosis of diabetes. Moreover, the effect of diabetes duration on the probability of employment appears to be nonlinear, peaking around 16 years for females and 10 years for males. A similar negative effect on wages is found only in male diabetics. Finally, the results suggest that failure to distinguish between type I and type II diabetics may lead to some counterintuitive results. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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