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Labour Market Discrimination on the Basis of Health: An Application to UK Data
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Date Issued
1999-06
Date Available
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Abstract
This paper carries out an analysis of wage discrimination on the basis of health on UK data with a number of important modifications. First we control for selection into health status. Second the direct effect of health upon productivity is accounted for and third, we examine discrimination with regard to participation as well as wages. The question of selection into health status is found to be of little empirical importance but taking account of the direct impact of health upon productivity leads to a fall in measured discrimination. The paper finds similar results with regard to participation. We also examine whether these effects differ across age and also test for the statistical significance of
discrimination.
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. School of Economics
Start Page
1
End Page
34
Series
UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series
WP99/13
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J10
J31
J71
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
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