Abstract
This study explores the impact of diabetes on employment in Mexico using data from the Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS) (2005), taking into account the possible endogeneity of diabetes via an instrumental variable estimation strategy. We find that diabetes significantly decreases employment probabilities for men by about 10 percentage points (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-100 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Economics and Human Biology |
Volume | 18 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2015 |
Keywords
- Diabetes
- Employment
- Instrumental variable
- Mexico