Research Group

Labor Demography

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

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

Conducted by Mikko Myrskylä; Christian Dudel, Pekka Martikainen, Angelo Lorenti, Jo Mhairi Hale (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