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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w15796 |
来源ID | Working Paper 15796 |
The Effects of Employment on Influenza Rates | |
Sara Markowitz; Erik Nesson; Joshua Robinson | |
发表日期 | 2010-03-04 |
出版年 | 2010 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | The seasonal influenza virus afflicts millions of people in the U.S. population each year, imposing significant costs on those who fall ill, their families, employers, and the health care system. The flu is transmitted via droplet spread or close contact, and certain environments, such as schools or offices, promote transmission. In this paper, we examine whether increases in employment are associated with increased incidence of the flu. We use state-level data on the prevalence of the flu from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In our preferred specification, we find that a one percentage point increase in the employment rate increases the number of influenza related doctor visits by about 16 percent, and these effects are highly pronounced in the retail sector and healthcare sector, the sectors with the highest levels of interpersonal contact. |
主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Labor Economics |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w15796 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/573471 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sara Markowitz,Erik Nesson,Joshua Robinson. The Effects of Employment on Influenza Rates. 2010. |
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