Health and Labor Market Performance: The Case of Diabetes
- 1 October 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Journal of Labor Economics
- Vol. 16 (4) , 878-899
- https://doi.org/10.1086/209909
Abstract
Technological innovation has reduced the effect of diabetes. Diabetic behavioral modification in the face and expectation of medical improvement should lead to improved labor market outcomes. This article uses three cross-sectional data sets, from 1976, 1989, and 1992, to document improvements in diabetic labor market performance. Women diabetics have significantly increased their labor force participation while male diabetics have slightly reduced their participation relative to nondiabetics.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- The Effect of Intensive Treatment of Diabetes on the Development and Progression of Long-Term Complications in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes MellitusNew England Journal of Medicine, 1993