Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2057

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2006-22

32 Pages Posted: 5 Apr 2006

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Arthur van Soest

Tilburg University; Netspar; RAND Corporation; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Arie Kapteyn

University of Southern California - Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

James P. Smith

RAND Corporation; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: March 2006

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

JEL Classification: J28, I12, C81

Suggested Citation

van Soest, Arthur H. O. and van Soest, Arthur H. O. and Kapteyn, Arie and Smith, James P., Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain (March 2006). IZA Discussion Paper No. 2057, CentER Discussion Paper No. 2006-22, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=894874 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.894874

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