Table 4.
The Effects of Cumulative Job Characteristics on Health Status for Men
Controls for Income and Weekly Work Hours
| Outcome | SRHS | SRHS | SRHS | SRHS | SRHS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specification | OPRE | OPRE | OPRE | OPRE | OPRE |
| Sample | Males | Non White | White | Old | Young |
| Cumulative Physical Demands (std) | 0.002 (0.025) | −0.034 (0.043) | 0.029 (0.030) | −0.050 (0.033) | 0.080** (0.036) |
| Cumulative Environmental Conditions (std) | −0.028* (0.016) | −0.019 (0.027) | −0.026 (0.018) | 0.030 (0.024) | −0.064*** (0.022) |
| Lagged Health | 0.122*** (0.010) | 0.117*** (0.017) | 0.120*** (0.013) | 0.204*** (0.014) | 0.142*** (0.016) |
| Age | −0.090*** (0.009) | −0.113*** (0.018) | −0.079*** (0.012) | −0.173*** (0.025) | −0.028 (0.051) |
| Age-squared | 0.059*** (0.010) | 0.076*** (0.020) | 0.048*** (0.013) | 0.145*** (0.024) | −0.030 (0.076) |
| Non White | −0.272*** (0.039) | −0.321*** (0.052) | −0.238*** (0.051) | ||
| Education | 0.136*** (0.008) | 0.065*** (0.014) | 0.173*** (0.011) | 0.120*** (0.011) | 0.129*** (0.013) |
| Self Employed | 0.036 (0.031) | 0.140** (0.066) | 0.020 (0.036) | 0.010 (0.040) | 0.083* (0.048) |
| Married | −0.015 (0.028) | −0.096** (0.044) | 0.051 (0.035) | 0.044 (0.042) | −0.056 (0.038) |
| Unemployment Spells | −0.236** (0.109) | −0.220 (0.189) | −0.184 (0.133) | −0.389*** (0.140) | −0.161 (0.177) |
| Initial Health | 0.486*** (0.025) | 0.327*** (0.034) | 0.583*** (0.029) | 0.430*** (0.033) | 0.561*** (0.034) |
| Cumulative Weekly Work Hours | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.001) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.002*** (0.000) | 0.001 (0.000) |
| Cumulative Labor Income | 0.004*** (0.001) | 0.015*** (0.002) | 0.004*** (0.001) | 0.005*** (0.001) | 0.005*** (0.002) |
| Constant | 2.076*** (0.146) | 3.376*** (0.441) | 0.562* (0.316) | 3.868*** (0.656) | 0.339 (0.861) |
| Observations | 34721 | 9952 | 24769 | 19579 | 15142 |
| R-squared | 0.404 | 0.365 | 0.403 | 0.453 | 0.290 |
SRHS: self reported health status. STD: standardized. OPRE: Ordered Probit/Random Effects Estimator
Robust standard errors clustered at the individual level in parentheses,
***
p<0.01,
**
p<0.05,
*
p<0.1.
Additional Controls: Missing initial health, missing self employed information and year fixed effects.