 Which is worse for your long-term health, a white-collar or a blue-collar job?Shinya Kajitani Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2015, vol. 38, issue C, 228-243 Abstract: Studies examining whether there are different probabilities of developing chronic disease or declining physical ability between different occupations are scarce. Using a discrete time-duration model, I examine whether the duration of good health differs between longest-held occupations. Utilizing micro data for elderly Japanese males and their longest-held occupations, I show that the physical abilities of male blue-collar workers decline more rapidly with age, especially after 55years of age, compared to those in other occupations. By contrast, the probabilities of being diabetic among male white-collar workers increase more rapidly with age than they do for male blue-collar workers. These findings suggest that there are differential effects between blue- and white-collar jobs with regard to the decline in health over time among Japanese men. Keywords: Discrete time duration model; Chronic disease; Diabetes; Health; Occupation; Physical ability (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jjieco:v:38:y:2015:i:c:p:228-243 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2015.09.002 Access Statistics for this article Journal of the Japanese and International Economies is currently edited by Takeo Hoshi More articles in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies from Elsevier |
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