Measuring the effect of husband's health on wife's labor supply

Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 579-601

  Siegel, Michele J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogeneity of husband's earnings; Hours of work; Husband's health; Wife's reservation wage; Women's labor force participation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKING TIME;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 33745324007     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1084     Document Type: Article

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