Chronic Diseases and Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt

By causing a sizeable reduction in employment 6 percent and labor supply 19 percent, chronic diseases are responsible for a major efficiency loss in the Egyptian economy. Furthermore the impact of chronic diseases on the labor market is not uniform...

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Main Authors:	Rocco, Lorenzo, Tanabe, Kimie, Suhrcke, Marc, Fumagalli, Elena
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM AGED AGGREGATE SUPPLY AGING BUSINESS CYCLE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CHILD HEALTH CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CHRONIC ILLNESS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE MANAGEMENT DISEASE PREVALENCE EARNING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC STATUS ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION EPIDEMIC ESTIMATED PARAMETERS EXTENDED FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALES GENES GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTHY LIFE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD EARNING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMMUNIZATION IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFANT INFANT HEALTH INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INJURIES JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET VARIABLES LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR SUPPLY LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY MARITAL STATUS MEASLES MEAT MEDICINE MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NEGATIVE EFFECTS NUTRITION OBESITY OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY COSTS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POOR HEALTH PREVALENCE PREVIOUS SECTION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS RESPECT RETIREMENT RISK FACTORS SELF EMPLOYED SIBLINGS SMOKING SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICY SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES SPOUSES STATUS OF WOMEN TOBACCO TAXATION UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS VACCINATION VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WAGES WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS WORKING HOURS
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spelling	okr-10986-33422021-04-23T14:02:09Z Chronic Diseases and Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt Rocco, Lorenzo Tanabe, Kimie Suhrcke, Marc Fumagalli, Elena ABSENTEEISM AGED AGGREGATE SUPPLY AGING BUSINESS CYCLE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CHILD HEALTH CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CHRONIC ILLNESS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE MANAGEMENT DISEASE PREVALENCE EARNING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC STATUS ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION EPIDEMIC ESTIMATED PARAMETERS EXTENDED FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALES GENES GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTHY LIFE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD EARNING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMMUNIZATION IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFANT INFANT HEALTH INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INJURIES JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET VARIABLES LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR SUPPLY LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY MARITAL STATUS MEASLES MEAT MEDICINE MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NEGATIVE EFFECTS NUTRITION OBESITY OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY COSTS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POOR HEALTH PREVALENCE PREVIOUS SECTION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS RESPECT RETIREMENT RISK FACTORS SELF EMPLOYED SIBLINGS SMOKING SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICY SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES SPOUSES STATUS OF WOMEN TOBACCO TAXATION UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS VACCINATION VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WAGES WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS WORKING HOURS By causing a sizeable reduction in employment 6 percent and labor supply 19 percent, chronic diseases are responsible for a major efficiency loss in the Egyptian economy. Furthermore the impact of chronic diseases on the labor market is not uniformly distributed. The older and the less educated suffer a larger drop in the probability of being employed and in their supply of working hours. The authors estimate the reduced form equations of individual employment status, labor supply and the usual wage equation. They control for unobserved ability and individual preferences by means of a within-siblings estimator. Measurement errors in our self-reported health variable have been accounted for. 2012-03-19T18:00:40Z 2012-03-19T18:00:40Z 2011-02-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110225134511 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3342 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5575 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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topic	ABSENTEEISM AGED AGGREGATE SUPPLY AGING BUSINESS CYCLE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CHILD HEALTH CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CHRONIC ILLNESS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE MANAGEMENT DISEASE PREVALENCE EARNING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC STATUS ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION EPIDEMIC ESTIMATED PARAMETERS EXTENDED FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALES GENES GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTHY LIFE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD EARNING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMMUNIZATION IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFANT INFANT HEALTH INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INJURIES JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET VARIABLES LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR SUPPLY LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY MARITAL STATUS MEASLES MEAT MEDICINE MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NEGATIVE EFFECTS NUTRITION OBESITY OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY COSTS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POOR HEALTH PREVALENCE PREVIOUS SECTION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS RESPECT RETIREMENT RISK FACTORS SELF EMPLOYED SIBLINGS SMOKING SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICY SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES SPOUSES STATUS OF WOMEN TOBACCO TAXATION UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS VACCINATION VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WAGES WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS WORKING HOURS
spellingShingle	ABSENTEEISM AGED AGGREGATE SUPPLY AGING BUSINESS CYCLE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CHILD HEALTH CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CHRONIC ILLNESS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE MANAGEMENT DISEASE PREVALENCE EARNING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC STATUS ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION EPIDEMIC ESTIMATED PARAMETERS EXTENDED FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALES GENES GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTHY LIFE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD EARNING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMMUNIZATION IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFANT INFANT HEALTH INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INJURIES JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET VARIABLES LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR SUPPLY LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY MARITAL STATUS MEASLES MEAT MEDICINE MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NEGATIVE EFFECTS NUTRITION OBESITY OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY COSTS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POOR HEALTH PREVALENCE PREVIOUS SECTION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS RESPECT RETIREMENT RISK FACTORS SELF EMPLOYED SIBLINGS SMOKING SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICY SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES SPOUSES STATUS OF WOMEN TOBACCO TAXATION UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS VACCINATION VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WAGES WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS WORKING HOURS Rocco, Lorenzo Tanabe, Kimie Suhrcke, Marc Fumagalli, Elena Chronic Diseases and Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt
geographic_facet	Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5575
description	By causing a sizeable reduction in employment 6 percent and labor supply 19 percent, chronic diseases are responsible for a major efficiency loss in the Egyptian economy. Furthermore the impact of chronic diseases on the labor market is not uniformly distributed. The older and the less educated suffer a larger drop in the probability of being employed and in their supply of working hours. The authors estimate the reduced form equations of individual employment status, labor supply and the usual wage equation. They control for unobserved ability and individual preferences by means of a within-siblings estimator. Measurement errors in our self-reported health variable have been accounted for.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Rocco, Lorenzo Tanabe, Kimie Suhrcke, Marc Fumagalli, Elena
author_facet	Rocco, Lorenzo Tanabe, Kimie Suhrcke, Marc Fumagalli, Elena
author_sort	Rocco, Lorenzo
title	Chronic Diseases and Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt
title_short	Chronic Diseases and Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt
title_full	Chronic Diseases and Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt
title_fullStr	Chronic Diseases and Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt
title_full_unstemmed	Chronic Diseases and Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt
title_sort	chronic diseases and labor market outcomes in egypt
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110225134511 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3342
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Chronic Diseases and Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt

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