Joint effects of ill-health, health shocks and social protection on the intensive margin of labour supply: evidence from Malawi

Ken Chamuva Shawa (), Bruce Hollingsworth and Eugenio Zucchelli
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Ken Chamuva Shawa: International Labour Organization (ILO), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP)

Health Economics Review, 2024, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Background There is sparse evidence on the joint effects of ill-health, health shocks and social protection on the intensive margin of labour supply, particularly in developing countries. We interact ill-health and health shocks with access to social protection and estimate their joint effects on weekly hours of work. Methods We employ a zero-inflated Poisson model to assess joint effects of ill-health, health shocks and social protection on weekly hours of work exploiting pooled repeated cross-sectional data from Malawi. Results We find that overall, individuals who suffered from ill-health or a health shock, including an illness/injury, a hospital admission or a chronic illness and benefited from social protection, reduced their weekly hours of work. Conclusions The study provides novel empirical evidence on the potential joint effects of ill-health, health shocks and social protection on the intensive margin of labour supply, shedding light on the role social protection can play in developing countries.

Keywords: Ill-health; Health shocks; Count data; Pooled data; Social protection; Malawi; Hours of work; Intensive margin of labour supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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