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
Laboratory of Fertility and Well-Being

Laboratory of Population Health
Research Group: Labor Demography
Department Zagheni
Laboratory of Digital and Computational Demography [Migration, Aging, the Environment]
Joint Research Labs
Laboratory of Demographic Data
Laboratory of Statistical Demography
Independent Research Groups
Research Group: Lifespan Inequalities
Research Group: Mathematical and Actuarial Demography
Max Planck Research Group: Gender Gap in Health and Survival