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Understanding the effect of cancer incidence on labour productivity in the UK : an empirical approach with a health augmented production function
Pycroft, Bradley; Vasilev, Aleksandar - 2022
This study represents a new way of looking at health, by investigating the effect of aggregate cancer incidence rates … study, cancer was selected as an approximation of labour force health, given its ability to capture a range of lifestyle … choices. Workers afflicted by cancer often face three choices: continue working, temporarily/permanently leave employment or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013443695
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The labor and health economics of breast cancer
Ahammer, Alexander; Pruckner, Gerald J.; Stiftinger, Flora - 2024
We estimate the long-run labor market and health effects of breast cancer among Austrian women. Compared to a random … sample of same-aged non-affected women, those diagnosed with breast cancer face a 22.8 percent increase in health expenses, 6 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015066059
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The labor and health economics of breast cancer
Ahammer, Alexander; Pruckner, Gerald J.; Stiftinger, Flora - 2024
We estimate the long-run labor market and health effects of breast cancer among Austrian women. Compared to a random … sample of same-aged non-affected women, those diagnosed with breast cancer face a 22.8 percent increase in health expenses, 6 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015069378
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A health economic theory of occupational choice, aging, and longevity
Strulik, Holger - 2022
In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of occupational choice with endogenous health behavior, aging, and longevity. Health-demanding work leads to a faster accumulation of health deficits and is remunerated with a hazard markup on wages. Health deficit accumulation is also influenced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820924
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Mister Sandman, bring me good marks! : on the relationship between sleep quality and academic achievement
Baert, Stijn; Omey, Eddy; Verhaest, Dieter; Vermeir, … - 2014
This study assesses the relationship between sleep quality and academic achievement. We survey college students about their sleep quality by means of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) before the start of their first exam period at university. PSQI scores are matched with course marks in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364496
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Grossman's missing health threshold
Galama, Titus J.; Kapteyn, Arie - 2009
We present a generalized solution to Grossman's model of health capital (1972), relaxing the widely used assumption that individuals can adjust their health stock instantaneously to an "optimalʺ level without adjustment costs. The Grossman model then predicts the existence of a health threshold...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003914040
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Health and economic growth
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2018
Economists increasingly accept that social norms have powerful effects on human behavior and outcomes. In recent history, one norm widely adhered to in most developed nations has been for men to be the primary breadwinner within mixed-gender households. As women have entered the labor market in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949006
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A Health Economic Theory of Occupational Choice, Aging and Longevity
Strulik, Holger - 2022
In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of occupational choice with endogenous health behavior, aging, and longevity. Health-demanding work leads toa faster accumulation of health deficits and is remunerated with a hazard markup onwages. Health deficit accumulation is also influenced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013292345
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Life cycle economics with infectious and chronic diseases
Strulik, Holger; Grossmann, Volker - 2022
In this paper, we develop a life cycle model in which health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic diseases. The model captures that the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases depend on the accumulated health deficits (immunosenescence) and that the life history of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472349
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Grossman's Missing Health Threshold
Galama, Titus J.; Kapteyn, Arie - 2009
The authors present a generalized solution to Grossman’s model of health capital (1972), relaxing the widely used assumption that individuals can adjust their health stock instantaneously to an “optimal” level without adjustment costs. The Grossman model then predicts the existence of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207690