Volume 9, Number 1 (Winter) 1974
Berkowitz, Monroe, and William G. Johnson. 1974. "Health and Labor Force Participation." Journal of Human Resources 9(1):117-128.
Models are estimated to analyze the influence of health on labor force participation. It was found that the participation of blacks is more likely to be reduced by health factors than that of whites; that the primary importance of education derives from its association with skills and ability rather than health. Public transfer payments influence but do not control participation of nonseverely disabled workers. Including health measures can increase the explanatory power of labor force models. Better information on health of workers would allow separation of the cost of disability into those reducible through delivery of health care and those more appropriately dealt with through labor market policies.
The authors are, respectively, Professor of Economics at Rutgers-The State University and Assistant Professor of Economics, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University. Several of the calculations in this article derive from work performed by the Bureau of Economic Research, Rutgers University, under Contract No. SSA 2924 with the Social Security Administration. We are grateful for the aid and assistance given by Mr. Lawrence Haber and other members of the Division of Economics and Social Surveys, Office of Research and Statistics. Responsibility for uses made of the data rests with the authors.
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