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Mete, Cem; Schultz, T. Paul. |
Estimates are reported of the consequences of health on participation in the labor force of elderly men and women in Taiwan from 1989 to 1996. Three survey indicators of individual health are examined, and two are estimated by instrumental variables (IV), using as instruments parent longevity, birthplace, and childhood conditions. IV estimates of healths effect on participation are in most cases significant and always positive, and about twice the magnitude of the ordinary least squares estimates, and the hypothesis that health is exogenous and measured without error is rejected. Implementation in 1995 of a National Health Insurance (NHI) shifted to the state the growing cost of elderly health care, and reduced the incentive for elderly to work to receive... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Labor force participation; Elderly; Health status; National Health Insurance; Taiwan; Labor and Human Capital; J22; J26; I10; I18. |
Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28470 |
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Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Kilkenny, Maureen. |
Welfare program dependency and expenditures rise during recessions, while income tax revenues from working people fall. Thus, now that states are responsible for their own welfare programs, they need to know how responsive their citizens are to workplace and safety net opportunities. This paper investigates household welfare program and labor force participation behavior. A choice-theoretic model is developed and estimated for each of the four census regions (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West) using cross-sectional data on households, labor markets, and policies. We show that household responses to welfare program parameters do differ regionally. But we find that labor supply does not depend on welfare program participation or program payoffs.... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Labor force participation; Regional welfare program participation; State welfare policies; TANF; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Labor and Human Capital. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18385 |
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