This paper investigates whether education and working in a physically demanding job causally impact temporary work incapacity, i.e. sickness absence, and permanent work incapacity, i.e. the inflow to disability via sickness absence. Our contribution is to allow endogeneity of both education and...

The effect of children and career interruptions on the family gap is analysed based on Danish longitudinal data covering the years 1980-1995. The estimated model controls for unobserved time-constant heterogeneity. The results show that when controlling for unobserved heterogeneity, the negative...

An analysis of the effect of children and career interruptions on the family gap is based on Danish longitudinal data covering the years 1980-95. The estimated model controls for unobserved time-constant heterogeneity. The results show that, when controlling for unobserved heterogeneity, the...