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Effects of Health and Education on Labour Force Participation

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  • Patrick Laplagne
  • Maurice Glover
  • Anthony Shomos

    (Productivity Commission)

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The Productivity Commission Staff Working Paper, ‘Effects of Health and Education on Labour Force Participation’ (by Patrick Laplagne, Maurice Glover and Anthony Shomos) was released in May 2007. The paper explores alternative methodologies to obtain estimates of the labour force participation effects of the health and education variables targeted by the National Reform Agenda. The views expressed in this paper are those of the staff involved and do not necessarily reflect those of the Productivity Commission.

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  • Patrick Laplagne & Maurice Glover & Anthony Shomos, 2007. "Effects of Health and Education on Labour Force Participation," Staff Working Papers 0704, Productivity Commission, Government of Australia.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:prodsw:0704
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    Keywords

    Education; Employment; Health; Labour force; National Reform Agenda;
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    JEL classification:

    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets
    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers

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