Health endowment and later-life outcomes in the labour market: Evidence using genetic risk scores and reduced-form models

This paper examines the relationship between health endowment and later-life outcomes in the labour market. The analysis is based on reduced-form models in which labour market outcomes are regressed on genetic variants related to the increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. We use linked Finnish d...

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Main Authors: Jaakko Pehkonen, Jutta Viinikainen, Petri Böckerman, Niina Pitkänen, Terho Lehtimäki, Olli Raitakari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827318303331