Health and work in the family: Evidence from spouses' cancer diagnoses.
J Health Econ
; 52: 1-18, 2017 03.
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| ID: mdl-28157587
Using Canadian administrative data from multiple sources, we provide the first nationally representative estimates for the effect of spouses' cancer diagnoses on individuals' employment and earnings and on family income. Our identification strategy exploits unexpected health shocks and combines matching with individual fixed effects in a generalized difference-in-differences framework to control for observable and unobservable heterogeneity. While the effect of spousal health shocks on labor supply is theoretically ambiguous, we find strong evidence for a decline in employment and earnings of individuals whose spouses are diagnosed with cancer. We interpret this result as individuals reducing their labor supply to provide care to their sick spouses and to enjoy joint leisure. Family income substantially declines after spouses' cancer diagnoses, suggesting that the financial consequences of such health shocks are considerable.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Esposos
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Empleo
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Renta
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Health Econ
Asunto de la revista:
HOSPITAIS
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Países Bajos