PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jäckle, Robert
AU  - Himmler, Oliver
TI  - Health and Wages
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.45.2.364
DP  - 2010 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 364--406
VI  - 45
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/45/2/364.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/45/2/364.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2010 Mar 01; 45
AB  - This paper complements previous studies on the effects of health on wages by addressing the problems of unobserved heterogeneity, sample selection, and endogeneity in one comprehensive framework. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find the health variable to suffer from measurement error and a number of tests provide evidence that selection corrections are necessary. Good health leads to higher wages for men, while there appears to be no significant effect for women. Contingent on the method of estimation, healthy males earn between 1.3 percent and 7.8 percent more than those in poor health.