Chronic health conditions and their impact on the labor market. A cross-country comparison in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the effect of having a chronic disease on the weekly working hours and the associated monetary losses.

Design

Longitudinal data Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement (SHARE) in Europe. We analyzed 7 waves from 9 countries in Europe. A total of 80.672 observations.

Setting

Participants who have their regular domicile in the respective SHARE country were interviewed face-to-face.

Participants

Data from individuals aged between 50 and 65 years old in European countries were collected over seven years. A person was excluded from the survey if incarcerated, hospitalized or out of the country during the entire survey period, unable to speak the country's language(s) or moved to an unknown address.

Interventions

Not applicable.

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SUBMITTER: Polanco B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11015523 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature