TY - JOUR T1 - Long-Term and Spillover Effects of Health Shocks on Employment and Income JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 873 LP - 909 DO - 10.3368/jhr.48.4.873 VL - 48 IS - 4 AU - Pilar García-Gómez AU - Hans van Kippersluis AU - Owen O’Donnell AU - Eddy van Doorslaer Y1 - 2013/10/02 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/4/873.abstract N2 - We use matching combined with difference-in-differences to identify the causal effects of sudden illness, represented by acute hospitalizations, on employment and income up to six years after the health shock using linked Dutch hospital and tax register data. An acute hospital admission lowers the employment probability by seven percentage points and results in a 5 percent loss of personal income two years after the shock. There is no subsequent recovery in either employment or income. There are large spillover effects: Household income falls by 50 percent more than the income of the disabled person. ER -