Working Paper: NBER ID: w11558
Authors: James Banks; Arie Kapteyn; James P. Smith; Arthur van Soest
Abstract: This paper investigates the role of pain in determining self-reported work disability in the US, the UK and The Netherlands. Even if identical questions are asked, cross-country differences in reported work disability remain substantial. In the US and the Netherlands, respondent evaluations of work limitations of hypothetical persons described in pain vignettes are used to identify the extent to which differences in self-reports between countries or socio-economic groups are due to systematic variation in the response scales.
Keywords: work disability; pain; self-reports; international comparisons; health surveys
JEL Codes: J28; I12; C81
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Pain (Y60) | Work Disability (J14) |
| Severity of Pain (I12) | Work Disability (J14) |