RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Health and Wages
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 364
OP 406
DO 10.3368/jhr.45.2.364
VO 45
IS 2
A1 Robert Jäckle
A1 Oliver Himmler
YR 2010
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/45/2/364.abstract
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.