Health Capital and Human Capital as Explanations for Health-Related Wage Disparities

Donna Gilleskie and Denise Hoffman

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Abstract: We use a dynamic modeling strategy to evaluate two potential avenues through which health differences generate a wage gap: (1) directly, through reductions in health capital, and (2) indirectly, through employment transitions that reduce human capital (specifically, occupation and employer tenure).

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