Quantifying the Contribution of Work Characteristics to Educational Disparities in Health-Induced Work Limitations.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To quantify how poor health and inhospitable working conditions each contribute to educational disparities in work disability in midlife and old age.

Methods

We used the Health and Retirement Study (2006-2016) to examine educational disparities in reporting "any impairment or health problem that limits the kind or amount of paid work" in ages 51-80.

Results

We found disparities to be profound and persistent over time. Blinder-Oaxaca threefold decomposition revealed that distributions of income and employer insurance made the largest contribution to explaining different rates of work limitations among respondents with versus without high school degrees, followed by work characteristics (physical job demands, insufficient hours) and health conditions (diabete

SUBMITTER: Abrams LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10645315 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature