Employment sector and pay gaps: Genetic and environmental influences

Maczulskij, Terhi

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2013.04.009

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“…The response rate for the latest survey was 77%, totaling 12,502 twin pairs. The attrition and representativeness of the twin sample have been documented previously (e.g., Kaprio et al, 1979;Maczulskij, 2013). Our analysis focuses on twin pairs for whom we have data on alcohol consumption, other covariates and disability pension.…”

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Devil in disguise: Does drinking lead to a disability pension?

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Hyytinen

Maczulskij

2016

Preventive Medicine

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Devil in disguise: Does drinking lead to a disability pension?

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Maczulskij

2016

Preventive Medicine

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“…Importantly for our purposes, all three twin surveys contained information on alcohol consumption. Similarly to, for example, Hyytinen et al (2013) and Maczulskij (2013), the twin data are linked to FLEED using personal identifiers. There are no misreported ID codes, which implies very good match.…”

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“…Hyytinen et al, 2013;Maczulskij, 2013). Prior studies can be consulted for details about the response rates, attrition and representativeness of the twin sample (Kaprio et al, 1979; see also Hyytinen et al, 2013;Maczulskij, 2013). Hyytinen et al (2013, p. 63) and Maczulskij (2013, p. 95) provided evidence for the representativeness of the twin sample by comparing it to a one-third random sample of all Finns using FLEED and covering the same age cohorts.…”

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Alcohol Consumption and Long‐Term Labor Market Outcomes

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This paper examines whether alcohol consumption is related to long-term labor market outcomes. We use twin data for Finnish men and women matched to register-based individual information on employment and earnings. The twin data allow us to account for the shared environmental and genetic factors. The quantity of alcohol consumption was measured by weekly average consumption using self-reported data from three surveys (1975, 1981 and 1990). The average of an individual's employment months and earnings were measured in adulthood over the period 1990-2009. The models that account for the shared environmental and genetic factors reveal that former drinkers and heavy drinkers both have almost 20%lower earnings compared to moderate drinkers. On average, former drinkers work annually c.1 month less over the 20-year observation period. These associations are robust to the use of covariates, such as education, pre-existing health endowment and smoking.

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“…The twin study contains information on smoking, alcohol use, symptoms of illnesses and reported diseases, medication use, physical characteristics, psychosocial factors and multi-faceted information on experiences at work and in one's personal life. Based on previous explorations, our twin data are a representative sample of the general population in Finland (Kaprio et al, 1979;Maczulskij, 2013a;Hyytinen et al, 2013). The linked data remain representative also for the smaller sample of MZ twins (Maczulskij, 2013b, p. 124-125).…”

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Harsh times: do stressors lead to labor market losses?

Maczulskij

Böckerman

2018

Eur J Health Econ

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Employment sector and pay gaps: Genetic and environmental influences

Cited by 20 publications

References 53 publications

Devil in disguise: Does drinking lead to a disability pension?

Devil in disguise: Does drinking lead to a disability pension?

Alcohol Consumption and Long‐Term Labor Market Outcomes

Harsh times: do stressors lead to labor market losses?

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