Productivity of Household Investment in Health: the Case of Colombia

Ribero, Rocío; Nunez, Jairo

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“…Research suggests that a well structured and adequate social welfare and social security system can enhance the perceived legitimacy of government by the people and promote social and political stability in developing countries (Justino, ; International Labour Organization, ). The wealth redistribution that comes with investment in social welfare and social security schemes has been associated with lower levels of indices of social discontent and insurgency (Ribero and Nuñez, ). The import of this is that an early investment in the social welfare of the populace as well as an equitable distribution of national wealth can save the country of the resources currently being diverted to security and social control.…”

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Nigerian resident doctors on strike: insights from and policy implications of job satisfaction among resident doctors in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Akinyemi

Atilola

2012

Health Planning & Management

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To restore satisfaction and possibly stem industrial disputes by resident doctors, government of Nigeria needs to sustain current wages while introducing non-financial benefits. There is a need to adopt policies geared towards increasing government spending on health especially in the area of human capacity and infrastructural development, so as to afford resident doctors opportunities for skill acquisition and career development.

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Nigerian resident doctors on strike: insights from and policy implications of job satisfaction among resident doctors in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Akinyemi

Atilola

2012

Health Planning & Management

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“…Similarly, for Nicaragua, Espinosa, Hernandez, and assessed the relationship between productivity and health status. Finally, for Colombia, Ribero and Nuñez (2000) analyzed the impact of two health indicators, days of disability and stature, on labor productivity and wages. In general, all papers concluded that health has a significant impact on individual earnings.…”

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“…It is worth mentioning that the effect of factors associated with individuals´ health on the labor market has not been sufficiently analyzed in Colombia. Besides the paper by Ribero and Nuñez (2000), Ribero (2000) studies the determinants of individual good health and its effect on productivity in urban and rural areas by gender. She estimates Mincer equations, including health indicators as additional regressors and finds that days of disability have a weak correlation with income, while there is a positive correlation between stature and income.…”

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Health status and labor force participation : evidence for urban low and middle income individuals in Colombia

Iregui-Bohórquez

Melo-Becerra

Ramírez-Giraldo

2014

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This paper uses the first wave of the Colombian Longitudinal Survey (ELCA) to analyze the relationship between individual health status and labor force participation. The empirical modeling strategy accounts for the presence of potential endogeneity between these two variables. The results show that there is a positive relationship between health and labor force participation in both directions, indicating that better health is likely to lead to a higher probability of participation in the labor market, and also that those who are in the labor market are more likely to report better health. Moreover, interesting differences arise when the database is further divided by gender and/or age groups. Our findings highlight the importance of public policy to guarantee good health conditions of the population which could also have a positive impact on labor productivity and consequently on long-run economic growth. Estado de salud y participación laboral: Evidencia para ColombiaResumen En este trabajo se analiza la relación entre el estado de salud de los individuos y su participación laboral en Colombia, utilizando la primera etapa de la Encuesta Longitudinal Colombiana (ELCA). Para abordar la posible endogeneidad entre las dos variables, el análisis se lleva a cabo utilizando variables instrumentales y mínimos cuadrados en dos etapas. Los resultados muestran que existe una relación positiva entre salud y participación laboral en los dos sentidos, indicando que un buen estado de salud aumenta la probabilidad de participación en la fuerza laboral, y que aquellos que están en el mercado laboral tienen una mayor probabilidad de reportar un mejor estado de salud. Sin embargo, hay algunas diferencias por género y edad. Los resultados sugieren que es esencial que las políticas públicas garanticen buenas condiciones de salud de la población lo cual también podría tener un impacto positivo sobre la productividad laboral y en consecuencia sobre el crecimiento económico de largo plazo. Palabras claves: Estado de salud, participación laboral, endogenidad, Colombia Clasificación JEL: C35, C36, I10, J21

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“…22 To correct this problem some variables must be specified that determine the decision to work but not the observed market wage offers. Ribero and Nuñez (1998) corrected the estimates of equation (1) for possible selection bias generated by using a sample of only individuals who are working. In addition to age and education, participation in the working force is assumed to depend on non labor income, 23 a dummy for living in a house or apartment, 24 a dummy variable for having adequate floors 25 in the house, and a dummy for being the owner of the house where the individual lives.…”

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Earnings Effects of Household Investment in Health in Colombia

Ribero

2000

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This study considers the links between primary indicators of health and individual labor productivity in Colombia and explores how additional public expenditures on health may improve individuals' health. Sample statistics show that illness occurs more frequently for women than for men, for less educated than for more educated, for rural than urban residents, and for older individuals. The well educated are considerably taller than those without schooling (6 cm. for males and 4 cm. for females).The empirical evidence confirms that health indicators are related to individual earnings in Colombia. A Mincerian log-earnings equation that includes health indicators as a form of human capital in addition to schooling is specified. When the morbidity variable is treated as endogenous and measured with error and the model is estimated by instrumental variables [IV], it becomes significant and has the expected negative sign. Controlling for age, education, sector of employment, gender and geographic location, an increase by 50% on the average number of days an individual was ill and unable to do his ordinary activities in the last month would imply reductions in labor earnings of 11% for urban males, 8% for urban females, 13% for rural males and 7% for rural females. The estimations with height show a positive sign and high significance even without the IV correction, but the coefficients increased with IV methods by an order of magnitude. Having one more centimeter of stature would increase urban female earnings by 4.7% and urban male earnings by 12%. Individual's wealth and living in a community with better health provision indicators are linked with better health outcomes. An analysis of the returns to schooling shows that schooling captures part of the effect of health on productivity when the health indicator is not included in the Mincer equation.JEL classification: I12, J00, J24

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Productivity of Household Investment in Health: the Case of Colombia

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Nigerian resident doctors on strike: insights from and policy implications of job satisfaction among resident doctors in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Nigerian resident doctors on strike: insights from and policy implications of job satisfaction among resident doctors in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Health status and labor force participation : evidence for urban low and middle income individuals in Colombia

Earnings Effects of Household Investment in Health in Colombia

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