Health status and labour force participation: Evidence from Australia

Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-261

  Cai, Lixin ^a   Kalb, Guyonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endogeneity of health; Labour force participation; Self reported health; Simultaneous equation model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33644789766     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1053     Document Type: Article

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