Will knowing diabetes affect labor income? Evidence from a natural experiment

This paper analyzes the impact of diabetes awareness on labor income using data from a natural experiment in China. We find that diabetes in general leads to a 16.3% decrease in annual income after people being diagnosed, and the adverse impact is heterogeneous across different populations.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Liu, Xiaoou ; Zhu, Chen
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 124.2014, 1, p. 74-78
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Diabetes \| Income \| Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) \| Natural experiment \| China

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	I10 - Health. General ; I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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