The relationship between health and labour force participation: Evidence from a panel data simultaneous equation model

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-90

  Cai, Lixin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health status; Labour force participation; Panel data; Simultaneous equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549094023     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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