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Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Labour Force Participation - Clayton

Published: 2 April 2008

The Centre for Health Economics is pleased to announce the following seminar:

Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Labour Force Participation: An econometric analysis of clinical prevalence data

Presented by Associate Professor Anthony Harris, Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Economics

Wednesday 9 April 2008 (1pm - 2pm)
RB Scotton Room,
2nd Floor, Building 75
Monash University
Clayton, 3800

The aim of this study is to determine the influence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease on labour supply in people aged over 25. Results confirm that both diabetes and cardiovascular disease have a strong influence on labour market outcomes particularly for males, and that risk factors such as obesity, insufficient exercise, hypertension, lipid abnormality, smoking and parental diabetes all have a significant indirect effect on labour force participation.