Impacts of adult illness on employment outcomes of rural households in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing literature on the impacts of adult illness on household labour supply and income in low- and middle-income countries shows that adverse health conditions significantly affect household labour supply, work participation and earnings. Most of the studies, however, are not equipped to distinguish between short- and long-term consequences of adult illness. We measured the impact of adult illness on household employment outcomes both in the short- and the long-run, using a unique longitudinal data set from rural India.

Methods

We used two waves of India Human Development Survey (1993-94 and 2004-05) with a balanced panel of 10 726 households to assess short-run (in the year of the occurrence of adult illness) and long-run (after 11 years of the occurrence of a

SUBMITTER: Alam K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6083015 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature