Department of Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3612, USA.
Econ Hum Biol. 2010 Jul;8(2):233-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.01.001. Epub 2010 Jan 13.
Although economists have analyzed earnings, unemployment, and labor force participation for those with bipolar illness, occupational choice has yet to be explored. Psychological and medical studies often suggest an association between bipolar illness and creative achievement, but they tend to focus on eminent figures, case studies, or small samples. We seek to examine occupational creativity of non-eminent individuals with bipolar disorder. We use Epidemiologic Catchment Area data to estimate a multinomial logit model matched to an index of occupational creativity. Those with bipolar illness appear to be disproportionately concentrated in the most creative occupational category. Nonparametric kernel density estimates reveal that the densities of the occupational creativity variable for the bipolar and non-bipolar individuals significantly differ in the ECA data, and suggest that the probability of engaging in creative activities on the job is higher for bipolar than non-bipolar workers.
虽然经济学家已经分析了躁郁症患者的收入、失业和劳动力参与情况，但职业选择尚未得到探讨。心理和医学研究经常表明躁郁症与创造性成就之间存在关联，但它们往往侧重于杰出人物、案例研究或小样本。我们试图研究躁郁症非杰出个体的职业创造力。我们使用流行病学抽样区数据来估计与职业创造力指数相匹配的多项逻辑回归模型。躁郁症患者似乎不成比例地集中在最具创造力的职业类别中。非参数核密度估计显示，在 ECA 数据中，躁郁症患者和非躁郁症患者的职业创造力变量的密度存在显著差异，并表明躁郁症患者比非躁郁症患者更有可能从事创造性工作。
