The impact of diabetes on employment in Canada.
This paper examines the impact of diabetes on the employment of Canadian males and females ages 15-64. Using data from the National Population Health Survey (1998), it utilizes a recursive bivariate probit approach to take into account the potential endogeneity of diabetes in employment outcomes. The results suggest that treating diabetes as exogenous yields an over-estimation of its impact on male employment. The study finds that diabetes has a significant negative impact on female employment probability, but has no significant impact on that of non-white Canadians. An implication thus is that policy-makers should take endogeneity into account in estimating labor market costs of chronic diseases such as diabetes.
Latif
Ehsan
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Department of Economics, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada. elatif@tru.ca
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000208:ethnology*; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult