Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain

Arie Kapteyn, James Smith and Arthur van Soest ()

No 2057, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper investigates the role of pain in affecting self-reported work disability and employment of elderly workers in the US. We investigate pain and its relationship to work disability and work in a dynamic panel data model, using six biennial waves from the Health and Retirement Study. We find the dynamics of the presence of pain is central to understanding the dynamics of self-reported work disability. By affecting work disability pain also has important implications for the dynamic patterns of employment.

Keywords: work limiting disability; health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 I12 J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2006-03
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Published - published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27(2), 496-509

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