Inferring Occupation Arduousness from Poor Health Beyond the Age of 50

Arno Baurin (), Sandy Tubeuf and Vincent Vandenberghe
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Arno Baurin: UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

No 2022005, LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES from Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

Abstract: This paper shows that the analyst with no information on occupation arduousness could reasonably infer it from poor health beyond 50. Using retrospective lifetime data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), including the respondents' professional career described with ISCO 2-digit, this paper finds a statistically significant link between many occupations and the risk of poor health beyond the age of 50. Next, we quantify the relative contribution of professional occupation to poor health compared to other factors decomposing the variance of health disparities between sources. We find that occupation's arduousness - although a significant predictor of poor health - is less consequential than initial health endowment, demographics or country fixed effects in explaining differences in health at an older age.

Keywords: Health; Work; Occupation Arduousness; Variance Decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 J26 J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-03-02
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