Which is Worse for Your Long-term Health, a White-collar or a Blue-collar Job? (Revised Version)

Shinya Kajitani ()
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Shinya Kajitani: Meisei University

No 29, Discussion Papers from Meisei University, School of Economics

Abstract: Studies examining whether there are different probabilities of entering a period of developing chronic disease or declining in physical ability between different occupations are scarce. We examine whether the duration of good health differs between longest-held occupations, using a discrete time duration model. Utilizing micro data for elderly Japanese males and their respective longest-held occupations, we show that the physical abilities of male blue-collar workers decline more rapidly with age, especially after age 60, than those in other occupations. In 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 on 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)
JEL-codes: I14 J14 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2015-01
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