Research Group

Labor Demography

Project

Labor-Force Participation of Youth, Health, and Health Behaviors

Conducted by Mikko Myrskylä; Christian Dudel, Pekka Martikainen, Angelo Lorenti, Jo Mhairi Hale (MPIDR / University of St Andrews, United Kingdom)

We study how health in general and health behaviors in particular are affecting entry into the labor market. One issue we tackle is confounding by cognitive ability, which affects health and health behaviors as well as labor-market outcomes. Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Economics, Employment, Retirement, Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology

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Research

Department Myrskylä
Fertility and Well-Being
Population Health
Research Group: Labor Demography
Department Zagheni
Digital and Computational Demography [Migration, Aging, the Environment]
Joint Research Labs
Demographic Data
Statistical Demography
Independent Research Groups
Research Group: Lifespan Inequalities
Research Group: Kinship Inequalities
Research Group: Gender Inequalities and Fertility