Benefits of Knowing Own Health Status: Effects of Health Checkups on Health Behaviors and Labor Participation

Cheolmin Kang (), Akira Kawamura and Haruko Noguchi
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Cheolmin Kang: Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
Akira Kawamura: Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

No 1921, Working Papers from Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics

Abstract: Lifestyle-related diseases account for a large proportion of mortality rates and healthcare expenses. These diseases are largely preventable with behavioral changes, but people often do not have adequate information to change their risky health behaviors. This study, for the first time, examines the extent to which health checkups, which provide relevant information, affect health behaviors and labor outcomes of people with lifestyle-related diseases. Using nationally representative data on health and socioeconomic status in Japan, this study employs propensity score matching to compare two samples with similar attributes who had or had not received health checkups. The results show that people who had health checkups exhibit healthier behaviors and longer working hours than people who had not. Considering their cost and the benefits derived from resultant increases in annual income, health checkups can be regarded as cost-effective.

Keywords: health checkup; lifestyle-related diseases; health behaviors; labor participation; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I18 I19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2020-02
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