Friends and health of the workers in Italy

Damiano Fiorillo ()

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Using a rich cross-sectional dataset, we estimate the effect of meetings with friends on self-perceived health, chronic conditions and limitations in daily activities of Italian employees. We address the self-selection of individuals in labour market using an Heckman selection model. Our main preliminary findings show that meetings with friends is positively correlated with self-perceived health, negatively associated with chronic conditions but not related to limitations in activities of daily living.

Keywords: Health; income; friends; workers; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C35 I12 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-02-07
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