Lehmann, Hartmut and Wadsworth, Jonathan (2011) The impact of Chernobyl on health and labour market performance. Journal of Health Economics, 30 (5). pp. 843-857. ISSN 0167-6296
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Using longitudinal data from Ukraine we examine the extent of any long-lasting effects of exposure to the Chernobyl disaster on the health and labour market performance of the adult workforce. Variation in the local area level of radiation fallout from the Chernobyl accident is considered as a random exogenous shock with which to try to establish its causal impact on poor health, labour force participation, hours worked and wages. There appears to be a significant positive association between local area-level radiation dosage and perception of poor health, though much weaker associations between local area-level dosage and other specific self-reported health conditions. There is also some evidence to suggest that those who lived in areas more exposed to Chernobyl-induced radiation have significantly lower levels of labour market performance 20 years on.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-health... |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Elsevier |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| JEL classification: | H - Public Economics > H0 - General > H00 - General J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J00 - General |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2011 09:42 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2024 03:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/40092 |
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