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The Effects of Work Hours on Physical and Mental Health of Late Prime Age Men and Women

Published:2019-05-22 Issue:2 Volume:64 Page:216-236
ISSN:0569-4345
Container-title:The American Economist
language:en
Short-container-title:The American Economist

Author:

Ricketts Comfort F.¹,Campbell Randall C.²,Rezek Jon P.³

Affiliation:

1. Labor Market and Healthcare Economist

2. Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, USA

3. East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

Abstract

Our results show that negative returns to health outcomes set in at around 50 work hours per week, and that the negative effects of working long hours manifest earlier for women than men. Increased work hours are associated with higher incomes and better access to medical care. However, increased work hours also generate greater physical and mental stress, which may cause health problems. We examine these questions empirically with data from the 2006 wave of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), using two-stage least squares to account for endogeneity of work hours and income in the health outcomes model. JEL Classifications: I10, J22, C36

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0569434519848977

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