The role of self-reporting bias in health, mental health and labor force participation: A descriptive analysis

Empirical Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 525-536

  Leroux, Justin ^a   Rizzo, John A ^b   Sickles, Robin ^c  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health economics; Labor force participation; Logistic regression; Mental health; Propensity scoring; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR PARTICIPATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866442139     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-010-0434-z     Document Type: Article

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