Race Differences in Labor Force Attachment and Disability Status
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Race differences in labor force attachment and disability status.
We used the first wave of the Health and Retirement Survey to study the effect of health on the labor force activity of black and white men and women in their 50s. The evidence we present confirms the notion that health is an extremely important determinant of early labor force exit. Our estimates suggest that health differences between blacks and whites can account for most of the racial gap i...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0016-9013,1758-5341
DOI: 10.1093/geront/36.3.311