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

• Main Authors: Jaakko Pehkonen (Author), Jutta Viinikainen (Author), Petri Böckerman (Author), Niina Pitkänen (Author), Terho Lehtimäki (Author), Olli Raitakari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...