Volume 29, Number 3 (Summer) 1994
Baldwin, Marjorie L., Lester A. Zeager, and Paul R. Flacco. 1994. "Gender Differences in Wage Losses from Impairments: Estimates from the Survey of Income and Program Participation" Journal of Human Resources 29(3):865-887.
This article develops a model of the relationship among functional impairments, work disability, employment participation, and wage offers. The model is estimated separately for males and females with data from the 1984 Survey of Income and Program Participation. Using estimates of disability and wage equations, we rank 25 functional impairments by severity of disability, and estimate the wage penalty associated with each impairment. The results show that limitations to mobility and strength are relatively more disabling for males than for females, while the opposite is true for limitations to sensory capacities and appearance.
Marjorie L. Baldwin is an assistant professor of economics at East Carolina University. Lester A. Zeager is an associate professor of economics at East Carolina University. Paul R. Flacco is a senior lecturer in the Department of Operations and Systems Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The authors are grateful to Steven Stern and Wim Vijverberg for valuable discussions and advice on econometric issues. Thanks are also due John Bishop, John Formby, Barry Hirsch, Gary Hunt, Randy Parker, and an anonymous referee for helpful comments. The authors are responsible for any errors that may remain. The data used in this article can be obtained beginning in February 1995 through February 1998 from Marjorie Baldwin, Department of Economics, East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858-4353.
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