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Boyce, Christopher J. and Oswald, Andrew J. (2011) Do people become healthier after being promoted? Health Economics, Vol.21 (No.5). pp. 580-596. doi:10.1002/hec.1734 ISSN 1057-9230.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1734
Abstract
This paper examines the hypothesis that greater job status makes a person healthier. It begins by successfully replicating the well-known cross-section association between health and job seniority. Then, however, it turns to longitudinal patterns. Worryingly for the hypothesis, the data–on a large sample of randomly selected British workers through time–suggest that people who start with good health go on later to be promoted. The paper can find relatively little evidence that health improves after promotion. In fact, promoted individuals suffer a significant deterioration in their psychological well-being (on a standard General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) mental ill-health measure). Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Health Economics | ||||
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1057-9230 | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.21 | ||||
Number: | No.5 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 580-596 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1002/hec.1734 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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