Childhood Health and Labor Market Outcomes in the Case of Type 1 Diabetes

Sofie Persson, Gisela Dahlquist (), Ulf-G. Gerdtham and Katarina Steen Carlsson ()
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Gisela Dahlquist: Pediatrics Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Sweden
Katarina Steen Carlsson: Health Economics Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Postal: Medicon Village, 223 81 Lund, Sweden

No 2014:43, Working Papers from Lund University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of childhood health on labor market outcomes. We used type 1 diabetes as an instrument of health because its cause is multifactorial and it is triggered by a complex combination of genetic and environmental components; its incidence is low and unforeseeable for the individual; and its onset may be considered an exogenous health shock. Using data from the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Register and national registers on education, employment, and earnings for 2,485 individuals born in 1972–1978 and diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at

Keywords: Health; chronic disease; earnings; employment; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I00 I10 I14 J01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2014-12-08
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