title: The impact of diabetes on employment in Mexico.
abstract: This study explores the impact of diabetes on employment in Mexico using data from the Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS) (2005), taking into account the possible endogeneity of diabetes via an instrumental variable estimation strategy. We find that diabetes significantly decreases employment probabilities for men by about 10 percentage points (p<0.01) and somewhat less so for women - 4.5 percentage points (p<0.1)--without any indication of diabetes being endogenous. Further analysis shows that diabetes mainly affects the employment probabilities of men and women above the age of 44 and also has stronger effects on the poor than on the rich, particularly for men. We also find some indication for more adverse effects of diabetes on those in the large informal labour market compared to those in formal employment. Our results highlight--for the first time--the detrimental employment impact of diabetes in a developing country.
authors.affiliation: Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Electronic address: t.seuring@uea.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Till
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seuring
authors.affiliation: Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK; UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Yevgeniy
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goryakin
authors.affiliation: Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK; UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK; Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suhrcke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Diabetes; Employment; Instrumental variable; Mexico