Labour Institute for Economic Research, Pitkänsillanranta 3A, 00530, Helsinki, Finland.
Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Labour Institute for Economic Research and IZA, Pitkänsillanranta 3A, 00530, Helsinki, Finland.
Eur J Health Econ. 2019 Apr;20(3):357-373. doi: 10.1007/s10198-018-1002-2. Epub 2018 Sep 3.
This paper examines the links between stressful life events and labor market outcomes. We use twin data for Finnish men and women combined with register-based individual information on earnings, employment and social income transfers. The twin data allow us to account for shared environmental and genetic confounders. We measure the exposure to stressful life events in 1990. The labor market outcomes are measured during a 20-year follow-up over the period 1990-2009. Three findings stand out. First, stressors lead to worse labor market outcomes. Second, both men and women are distressed by labor market shocks, but they respond differently to marital problems and health shocks within the family. For example, women respond to marital problems by working more, whereas men respond similarly after facing a random health shock within the family. Third, the relationship between health shocks and labor market outcomes diminishes as time passes, whereas the consequences of labor market shocks are more permanent.
本文探讨了生活压力事件与劳动力市场结果之间的联系。我们使用了芬兰男女双胞胎数据，并结合了基于登记的个人收入、就业和社会收入转移信息。双胞胎数据使我们能够考虑到共享的环境和遗传混杂因素。我们在 1990 年测量了生活压力事件的暴露情况。劳动力市场结果在 1990 年至 2009 年的 20 年随访期间进行测量。有三个发现值得关注。首先，压力源会导致劳动力市场结果恶化。其次，男性和女性都受到劳动力市场冲击的困扰，但他们对婚姻问题和家庭内的健康冲击的反应不同。例如，女性通过更多地工作来应对婚姻问题，而男性在面临家庭内的随机健康冲击后反应相似。第三，健康冲击与劳动力市场结果之间的关系随着时间的推移而减弱，而劳动力市场冲击的后果则更为持久。
