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Disability and Labour Fource Participaton in Ireland 1995 - 2000

Gannon, Brenda

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse the effect of disability on participation in the labour force, using the Irish component of the European Community Household Panel Survey 1995-2000. A range of panel models are considered, but to allow for any unobserved influences or state dependence in labour force participation, our preferred model is a dynamic panel model. We show how the estimates of current disability are changed once we control for the effect of past disability and previous participation. We compare base estimates of disability with those controlling for unobserved heterogeneity and past participation. The results suggest that the base effect of disability is overestimated by between 40-60 per cent for men and by 5-10 per cent for women.

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Disabili y and Labou Fo ce Pa icipa ion in I eland 1995-2000 B enda Gannon* Economic and Social Resea ch Ins i u e and Depa men o Economics, Na ional Uni e si y o I eland, Maynoo h Summa y This pape aims o analyse he e ec o disabili y on pa icipa ion in he labou o ce, using he I ish componen o he Eu opean Communi y Household Panel Su ey 1995-2000. A ange o panel models a e conside ed, bu o allow o any unobse ed in luences o s a e dependence in labou o ce pa icipa ion, ou p e e ed model is a dynamic panel model. We show how he es ima es o cu en disabili y a e changed once we con ol o he e ec o pas disabili y and p e ious pa icipa ion. We compa e base es ima es o disabili y wi h hose con olling o unobse ed he e ogenei y and pas pa icipa ion. The esul s sugges ha he base e ec o disabili y is o e es ima ed by be ween 40-60 pe cen o men and by 5-10 pe cen o women. Keywo ds Disabili y; labou o ce pa icipa ion; s a ic and dynamic panel models 6 Oc obe 2004 *Co espondence o: B enda Gannon, Economic and Social Resea ch Ins i u e, 4 Bu ling on Road, Dublin 4, I eland. Email: b enda.gannon@es i.ie WORK IN PROGRESS: This pape is no o publica ion and should no be quo ed wi hou p io pe mission om he au ho . 1 I. In oduc ion People wi h disabili ies ace many ba ie s o ull pa icipa ion in socie y, no leas in he labou ma ke , and he ex en and na u e o pa icipa ion in he labou ma ke has a mul i ude o di ec and indi ec e ec s on hei li ing s anda ds and quali y o li e. In s udying he e ec o disabili y on labou o ce pa icipa ion, we a e aced wi h a a ie y o analy ical challenges, such as he e ec o unobse ed cha ac e is ics o disabled indi iduals and he e ec o hei pas pa icipa ion in he labou ma ke . This pape uses panel da a me hods o con ol o hese ac o s and we es ima e he impac o disabili y on pa icipa ion, con olling o unobse ed he e ogenei y and pas pa icipa ion. In e na ionally, he i s gene a ion o econome ic s udies on he e ec o disabili y on labou o ce pa icipa ion eme ged a ound he la e 1970’s. Ba el and Taubmann [1] es ima e an OLS model o weekly hou s wo ked o analyse he e ec o heal h on ea nings and labou supply, whe eas Chi okos and Nes el [2], es ima e a Tobi model ela ing annual hou s wo ked o heal h his o y by looking a he deg ee o poo , good, imp o ed o de e io a ing heal h o e he p e ious en yea s. Mo e ecen esea ch emphasises he impo ance o he way heal h and limi a ions a e cap u ed, wi h he ype o heal h s a us a iable used leading o di e en pa e ns in e ms o labou o ce pa icipa ion. Wol e and Hill [3], o example, measu e heal h s a us using an index o limi a ion in daily ac i i ies, Madden and Walke [4] measu e heal h in e ms o hose who epo a longs anding illness o disabili y, while Me e and Schul z [5] also measu e heal h s a us using a heal h index. Using Labou Fo ce Su ey da a, Kidd, Sloane and Fe ko [6] analyse he e ec o heal h limi a ions on he kind o paid wo k possible in he UK. They con i m he p esence o subs an ial wage and pa icipa ion a e di e ences be ween disabled and non-disabled indi iduals. The ocus o p e ious policy o disabled people has been on he p o ision o se ices, whe eas mo e ecen ly, he e is a campaign o ci il igh s and he p o ision o legisla ion o equali y and ull pa icipa ion. Employe s and policy make s a e he e o e in e es ed in whe he o no disabili y has an e ec on pa icipa ion. In his pape , we aim o de e mine whe he i is disabili y ha de e mines he pa icipa ion decision, o i he e may be some o he unobse able cha ac e is ics in ol ed ha dis o he disabili y e ec s. 2 P e ious s udies analysing unobse ed indi idual e ec s in his con ex eme ged in he mid-eigh ies. Sickles and Taubman [7] we e one o he i s o use longi udinal da a in es ima ing e i emen decisions, and allow o unobse ed he e ogenei y in he e i emen unc ion. Es ima ing a bina y andom e ec s p obi model, hey allow o unobse ed a ec s by simul aneously es ima ing he heal h and e i emen equa ion, allowing he e o s o be co ela ed. They allow o co ela ion o he unobse ed e ec wi h he disabili y a iable, bu hey do no include he e ec o labou ma ke his o y. Thei indings show ha mo ing om poo heal h o good heal h dec eases he p obabili y o e i emen , bu hey do no show how he heal h e ec changes as a esul o allowing o unobse ed e ec s. Bound [8] looks a a e i emen equa ion in he c oss sec ional con ex , and shows ha i he e o s in he heal h and e i emen equa ion a e co ela ed, hen he e is an upwa d bias in he e ec o heal h. He aims o iden i y he e ec s o inancial incen i es on epo ing beha iou and e i emen decisions, and in es iga es i objec i e measu es may be used as a p oxy o subjec i e measu es o heal h. The au ho concludes ha he sel - epo ed measu e is no eliable in es ima ing he e ec o heal h on e i emen . K eide [9] also analyses wo k pa icipa ion wi h c oss sec ion me hodology and a i es a he same conclusion. He inds ha when he ue measu e o disabili y is used, he e ec on pa icipa ion is lowe , by 17.2% o men and 24.9% o women. Bo h Bound [8] and K eide [9] use c oss sec ion da a o es ima e he e ec o he ue e ec o disabili y on pa icipa ion, bu iden i ica ion o hei models equi es a a iable, ha a ec s heal h bu ha is no co ela ed wi h pa icipa ion. Kidd, Sloane and Fe ko [6] apply a decomposi ion app oach o c oss sec ion da a and ind ha app oxima ely 50 pe cen o he di e ence in pa icipa ion a es is due o unexplained e ec s. Ou da a o e he possibili y o analysing he ela ionship be ween disabili y and labou o ce pa icipa ion o e a signi ican pe iod a he han jus a a poin in ime, and allow us o use panel da a echniques in ou es ima ion. Using panel da a, we cap u e he e ec s o a iables ha a e pa icula o an indi idual and a e cons an o e ime. We can con ol o hese unobse ables by using a panel model and we he e o e do no need o include an iden i ying a iable. Labou o ce pa icipa ion may also be in luenced by pas pa icipa ion, whe e non-pa icipan s in he p e ious 3 yea may be less likely o pa icipa e in he cu en yea . Al hough his may be ue o all indi iduals, i may also be a speci ic cha ac e is ic o disabled people and lead o an inco ec in e p e a ion o he disabili y e ec . I may be ha disabili y educes he p obabili y o p e ious pa icipa ion, and he e o e indi ec ly in luences cu en pa icipa ion. Using panel da a, we can inco po a e his s a e dependence e ec and e-es ima e he e ec o disabili y on pa icipa ion. I may also be ha indi iduals epo a disabili y as an ex-pos jus i ica ion o no being in wo k in he p e ious yea . Again, we would expec he e ec o disabili y o be misin e p e ed, and can use he esul s o he dynamic model o disen angle he unobse ed he e ogenei y and pas pa icipa ion e ec s. Mo e ecen ly, Lindeboom and Ke kho s [10] also include he e ec o pas labou ma ke ou comes on cu en heal h in hei e i emen model. They ind ha o elde ly people, wo king in he p e ious pe iod only sligh ly dec eases he alue o heal h. They es ima e a mul inomial logi model, o acili a e he h ee di e en labou ma ke s a es compa ed o wo king, a ailable o indi iduals nea ing e i emen age in he Ne he lands. Al hough hey only ha e wo wa es o panel da a, by using in o ma ion on p e ious labou ma ke his o y, hey speci y an equa ion o ini ial pa icipa ion and es ima e he p obabili y o wo king ini ially. This is included in o he o e all likelihood unc ion om which unobse ed e ec s a e in eg a ed ou . They ind ha he e ec s o heal h a e exagge a ed o elde ly people in a simple mul inomial model, compa ed o hei p e e ed model. In his pape , we ollow a di e en app oach o Lindeboom and Ke kho s [10] mainly because we use six wa es o panel da a and can he e o e iden i y he e ec o pas pa icipa ion wi hin a less complica ed model. The main ocus in his pape is o model wo labou ma ke ou comes – pa icipa ion and non-pa icipa ion – and hence we concen a e on a bina y esponse a iable. In con as o Lindeboom and Ke kho s [10], we ollow an app oach by Woold idge [11] ha allows us o a oid speci ying a dis ibu ion o he ini ial pa icipa ion. The likelihood unc ion om ou app oach is easie o es ima e and se es he same pu pose in e ms o looking a he e ec o unobse ed he e ogenei y. Ou indings using I ish da a a e simila o hose o Lindeboom and Ke kho s [10] among o he s, in ha hei epo ed disabili y a iable o e es ima es he impac o disabili y on pa icipa ion in he Ne he lands. In addi ion, 4 we show exac ly how much unobse ed he e ogenei y con ibu es o a ia ion in pa icipa ion and how his changes he e ec o disabili y. Finally, we show he e ec o pas disabili y ( ia i ’s e ec on p e ious pa icipa ion), on cu en labou o ce pa icipa ion. II. Theo e ical F amewo k We model pa icipa ion i s ly as a s a ic p ocess wi h cu en pa icipa ion, and secondly as a dynamic p ocess. In ou dynamic model, we accoun o he ac ha he choice be ween consump ion and leisu e is conside ed as a li e ime decision, so we assume ha indi iduals maximise hei expec ed u ili y o e hei li e ime. Following Bound e al [12], in gene al, he pa icipa ion equa ion is based on he assump ion ha indi iduals maximise a u ili y unc ion gi en by: ),,(max jjj j T j ZLCUE     [1] whe e Cj and Lj a e consump ion and leisu e in pe iod j espec i ely. Zj is a ec o o as e shi e s and includes disabili y. The u ili y unc ion is maximised subjec o an in e empo al budge cons ain : jjjjjj A CHWA )1()( 11     [2] whe e Wj is he wage, Hj is hou s o wo k, Aj ep esen s asse s, and j is he a e o in e es . In his pape , ou empi ical model shows how indi iduals compa e he u ili y be ween wo s a es – pa icipa ion and non-pa icipa ion. Sol ing his model p o ides an exp ession o op imal leisu e as a unc ion o W, H, Aj and Zj. Much o he li e a u e on he e ec o heal h on labou o ce beha iou has ea ed heal h as an exogenous as e shi e . We ake his app oach, and hence do no speci y a heal h p oduc ion unc ion. In his con ex , we ob ain es ima es om a educed o m modela and concen a e on how he disabili y e ec changes once we allow o unobse ed indi idual e ec s and s a e dependence in labou o ce pa icipa ion. 5 III. Da a The da a on disabili y and labou o ce pa icipa ion in I eland a e om he Li ing in I eland Su ey 1995-2000.b The Li ing in I eland Su ey is he I ish componen o he Eu opean Communi y Household Panel, conduc ed by he ESRI o Eu os a . We wish o ocus on indi iduals o wo king age, hence we exclude hose aged 65 and o e . In he Li ing in I eland Su ey, de ailed in o ma ion on cu en labou o ce s a us was ob ained. Fo cu en pu poses his allows us o dis inguish be ween hose who we e a wo k, o unemployed bu seeking wo k – who we will coun as ac i e in he labou o ce – and all o he s, whom we will coun as inac i e. The pe cen age o hose unemployed bu seeking wo k is qui e low anging om 7.5% in 1995 o 2.8% in 2000, gi ing a panel a e age o 5.1%. Fo his eason, we do no include hem as a sepa a e ca ego y in ou dependen a iable. A measu e o disabili y can also be cons uc ed om he Li ing in I eland su ey on he basis o indi idual esponses o he ollowing ques ion: “Do you ha e any ch onic, physical o men al heal h p oblem, illness o disabili y?” I may well be, ha no only he p esence o such an illness o disabili y bu also he ex en o which i limi s o es ic s a pe son, is impo an . To cap u e his, we use esponses o a ollow-up ques ion conce ning he impac o he disabili y o dis inguish a) hose epo ing a ch onic illness o disabili y and saying ha i limi s hem se e ely in hei daily ac i i ies b) hose who epo a ch onic illness o disabili y and saying i limi s hem o some ex en , and c) hose who epo such a condi ion bu say i does no limi hem a all in hei daily ac i i ies. The ex en o which esponden s say hey a e limi ed ela es o hei daily ac i i ies a he han wo k, bu simila measu es ha e been shown o ha e signi ican disc imina o y powe in e ms o labou o ce pa icipa ion in esea ch elsewhe e (e.g. Malo [13]). Fu he mo e, as Table 1 shows he e a e di e en a es o pa icipa ion o 6 each sub-g oup, so i is impo an ha we dis inguish be ween he di e en le els o disabili y, in ou analysis o labou o ce pa icipa ion. The e ec s o disabili y on labou o ce pa icipa ion may di e among indi iduals, depending on o he cha ac e is ics, o example age o educa ion. Since disabili y may be co ela ed wi h o he a iables, we include measu es o age, educa ion, egion, unea ned income, age o younges child and ma i al s a us. These a iables a e de ined in de ail in Table 2 and summa y s a is ics a e p o ided in Table 3. The younges indi iduals in his sample a e aged 16 and he numbe o obse a ions o males and emales a e 7,188 and 7,670 espec i ely. IV. Panel models and Resul s S a ic Pooled P obi Model: Using he Li ing in I eland Su ey 1995-2000, we es ima e a ange o panel models o cap u e he e ec o disabili y on pa icipa ion. We exclude 1994 because he ques ions ega ding heal h p oblems and limi a ions di e ed om 1995 and subsequen yea s. Fi s ly, we es ima e a s a ic pooled model, assuming ha he e o s a e independen o e ime and unco ela ed wi h he explana o y a iables. This model p o ides us wi h base es ima es, wi h which we can compa e esul s om models ha inco po a e unobse ed he e ogenei y and s a e dependence. The log likelihood unc ion o he pooled panel da a is simila o ha o he c oss sec ional p obi : ))(1log()1()(log)(log ' 111 ' 1  i T i N i T i i N ixFyxFyL    [3] and maximising his ac oss all i wi h espec o , we ob ain he pooled p obi es ima o . The s anda d e o s a e adjus ed o accoun o se ial co ela ion in he e o s a he indi idual le el. The main a iables o in e es a e, disabili y and he associa ed limi a ions in daily ac i i ies, bu we also con ol o o he ac o s ha may 7 be co ela ed wi h disabili y, as men ioned ea lie . In addi ion, i is likely ha pas disabili y has a di ec e ec on cu en pa icipa ion, so we include lagged a iables o he h ee ypes o disabili y. Pooling all a ailable da a o he yea s 1995 o 2000, and es ima ing a s anda d p obi model, we ob ain es ima es om he pooled balanced sample.c We p esen esul s om his pooled s a ic model in Table 4, Columns 1 and 4, o men and women espec i ely. These esul s a e p esen ed as pa ame e co- e icien s, bu we will la e discuss some o he main esul s in e ms o pe cen age e ec s. The e ec s o cu en disabili y a e qui e high o bo h men and women, educing he p obabili y o cu en labou o ce pa icipa ion signi ican ly. A a i s glance, disabili y has a g ea e nega i e e ec on he labou o ce pa icipa ion p obabili y o men, compa ed o women. Al hough he e ec o a se e ely limi ing disabili y is less o women han men, i is s ill subs an ial. In he case o men, e en hose wi h no limi a ions ha e a sligh educ ion in he p obabili y o pa icipa ion. Fo women, we see ha he p obabili y o pa icipa ion o hose wi h no limi a ions, is no signi ican ly di e en om women wi h no disabili y. The gap be ween he e ec s o se e e and some limi a ions is qui e la ge o men and e en mo e p onounced o women, sugges ing ha se e e disabili y has a mo e nega i e e ec on women’s pa icipa ion. Pas disabili y, in he p e ious yea , also has a subs an ial e ec on cu en pa icipa ion, and is no much lowe han he e ec o cu en disabili y. This applies in he case o se e e and some limi a ions, o bo h men and women. Simila o cu en disabili y and se e e limi a ions, we see ha indi iduals who p e iously had a se e ely limi ing disabili y ha e a much lowe p obabili y o cu en pa icipa ion, compa ed o hose wi h no p e ious disabili y. In e ms o he o he explana o y a iables (see Table A1), we see ha labou o ce pa icipa ion inc eases wi h age up o 34 (compa ed o hose aged 55-64), bu he e ec alls sligh ly a e he age o 44. Those wi h seconda y o hi d le el educa ion ha e a g ea e p obabili y o pa icipa ing in he labou ma ke . As expec ed, we see ha women wi h child en a e less likely o pa icipa e, and his e ec ge s smalle as he younges child is olde . The opposi e e ec is ound o men, whe e child en inc ease he p obabili y o pa icipa ion, in pa icula when he younges child is ei he aged less han 4, o in he olde age g oup o 12-18. 8 The esul s om he s a ic pooled model aise wo impo an ques ions. The i s in e es ing ques ion is whe he o no pas disabili y a ec s cu en pa icipa ion di ec ly, o does i wo k h ough a sepa a e channel by nega i ely a ec ing pas pa icipa ion? I so, we would expec o see ha pas pa icipa ion in luences cu en pa icipa ion, and he e ec o pas disabili y should disappea . This would sugges ha pas disabili y s ill does ha e an e ec on cu en pa icipa ion, bu does so by a) di ec ly in luencing pas pa icipa ion and he e o e, b) indi ec ly a ec ing cu en pa icipa ion. The second ques ion a ising om hese esul s is whe he o no he con ol a iables app op ia ely accoun o any unobse ed cha ac e is ics o disabled people ha also in luence hei labou o ce pa icipa ion decision? Again, i his we e no ue, we would expec ha he ac ual e ec o cu en disabili y should be lowe . We now explo e a dynamic model o pa icipa ion ha inco po a es bo h pas pa icipa ion and unobse ed e ec s. S a e Dependence and Unobse ed He e ogenei y: In o de o dis inguish be ween he wo e ec s – unobse ed indi idual e ec s and pas pa icipa ion - we now include a lagged dependen a iable in o he model.d In gene al e ms he ollowing likelihood is de i ed and maximised; iiiiiiii i T i iiiiiTiiTiiTiiTi dx xy xyy dx xxyy xxyy   )|(),,|()],,,|([ )|(),,,...|,...,(),,...,|,...,( 001, 1 1000           [4] We mus speci y ),|( 0iii xy  - known as he ini ial condi ions p oblem. Heckman [14] sugges s app oxima ing ),|( 0iii xy  and hen speci ying )|( ii x  . Then )|,...,( 0iiTi xyy is ob ained by in eg a ing ou he unobse ed e ec . The main di icul y in his app oach is in speci ying he dis ibu ion o ini ial pa icipa ion. We he e o e ollow an al e na i e app oach sugges ed by Woold idge [11] whe e we conside : iiiiiii T iiiiiTi dxy xyyy xyyy  ),|(),,|,...,(),|,...,( 0010 1   [5] 15 disabili y and pa icipa ion, and people wi h hese disabili ies may e-join he labou o ce. The incen i e e ec s o disabili y bene i s may also play a ole he e and hese ac o s will be in es iga ed in u u e esea ch. V. Conclusions People wi h disabili ies ace many ba ie s o ull pa icipa ion in he labou ma ke , wi h se ious implica ions o li ing s anda ds and quali y o li e. This pape has analysed he ac o s associa ed wi h pa icipa ion o non-pa icipa ion in he labou ma ke , using da a on people epo ing ch onic illness o disabili y in a la ge-scale I ish ep esen a i e su ey. The esul s o he panel analysis p esen ed in his pape , b ing ou he scale o he impac on labou o ce pa icipa ion, o ha ing an illness o disabili y ha limi s he indi idual se e ely in hei daily li e. We con olled o s a e dependence and unobse ed he e ogenei y by es ima ing a dynamic model wi h co ela ed andom e ec s. The esul s show ha unobse ed he e ogenei y con ibu es subs an ially o he base e ec o disabili y o men, and o some ex en o women. In ou p e e ed model, (pooled dynamic) disabled men wi h a cu en se e e limi a ion a e now only 9 pe cen age poin s less likely o pa icipa e compa ed o non-disabled men. Howe e , he e ec o pas pa icipa ion is qui e high, a 40 pe cen age poin s. Fo women, ou p e e ed model is he dynamic model wi h co ela ed andom e ec s. Those wi h a se e ely limi ing disabili y ha e a lowe p obabili y o pa icipa ion by 26 pe cen age poin s, compa ed o women wi h no disabili y. The e ec s o some and no limi a ions a e less subs an ial. The e ec o pas pa icipa ion is lowe in he model o women, educing cu en pa icipa ion by 13 pe cen age poin s. The in e ac ion o disabili y, educa ion and pa icipa ion o women, should be explo ed u he . In his pape , we aimed o p o ide mo e accu a e es ima es o he e ec o disabili y on pa icipa ion. Howe e , we acknowledge some limi a ions. In pa icula , i he epo ing o disabili y in he su ey is p one o measu emen e o , we canno es ima e he ue e ec o disabili y on pa icipa ion. This may help o explain he subs an ial con ibu ion o unobse ed indi idual e ec s, bu wi hou ex ending he model o allow o measu emen e o in epo ing beha iou , ou esul s on he e ec o disabili y on pa icipa ion a e no conclusi e. Again, his will o m pa o u u e 16 esea ch whe e we will model labou o ce pa icipa ion and disabili y, while con olling o epo ing beha iou . 17 Foo no es: a. Ou speci ica ion includes a measu e o unea ned income bu does no include a con ol o wages. Co ec ly accoun ing o he ela ionship be ween disabili y and wages is a opic o u u e esea ch. b. Ano he da a sou ce is a special module on disabili y included wi h he Qua e ly Na ional Household Su ey (QNHS) in he second qua e o 2002, which ocused on he ex en and na u e o es ic ion o ac i i ies o people wi h disabili ies and hei labou o ce s a us. Simila analyses o disabili y labou o ce pa icipa ion in a c oss sec ional con ex , we e ca ied ou using QNHS da a and we a i e a simila conclusions ob ained om he Li ing in I eland 2000 da a. c. In his pape , we a e assuming ha al hough he e is a i ion in he sample be ween 1995 and 2000, i does no bias he esul s o he e ec o disabili y on pa icipa ion. This is especially e iden in he pooled model, whe e we ollow Woold idge [11] and es o he e ec o a i ion using in e se p obabili y weigh s on he pooled model o he unbalanced sample. The p obabili y o being in each wa e is no in luenced by disabili y, o bo h men and women. In he pa icipa ion model o men he e was no change in he o e all co-e icien s. Fo women, we ind ha he e is a sligh o e es ima ion o he e ec o se e e disabili y, changing he co-e icien in he unbalanced sample om –0.3678 in he o iginal pooled model o –0.4203 in he weigh ed pooled model. Howe e , in his pape we assume o e all ha a i ion is no a p oblem in biasing es ima es o disabili y, and ocus on he balanced sample h oughou . d. We could in oduce a lag o wo yea s o pa icipa ion, and hen include ini ial pa icipa ion and p e ious pa icipa ion as he wo ini ial alues. Howe e , his inc eases da a equi emen s and wi hou a la ge T, we canno a o d o be so lexible in he dynamics o he model. Fu he mo e, he ansi ion ma ix p obabili ies o pa icipa ion in each yea show ha he a e o change om pa icipa ion o non-pa icipa ion o ice e sa is he same o each pai o yea s. The co ela ion be ween pa icipa ion and p e ious 18 pa icipa ion is 0.79, likewise he co ela ion be ween p e ious pa icipa ion and lagged p e ious pa icipa ion is 0.79. 19 Re e ences 1. Ba el, A. and Taubman, P. Heal h and Labou Ma ke Success: The Role o Va ious Diseases. The Re iew o Economics and S a is ics 1979; LXI (1): 1-8. 2. Chi okos, T. and Nes el, G. Fu he E idence on he Economic E ec s o Poo Heal h. 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Fo ma ed 21 Table 1 Labou Fo ce S a us by le el o es ic ion o hose wi h Ch onic Illness o Disabili y, age 15-64, Li ing in I eland Su ey 1995-2000 Se e e limi a ion Some limi a ion No limi a ion No ch onic illness o disabili y Men Pa icipa ion 34.92 58.02 81.45 91.59 Non-pa icipa ion 65.08 41.98 18.55 8.41 N 189 655 318 6026 Women Pa icipa ion 13.82 31.82 44.65 55.15 Non-pa icipa ion 86.18 68.18 55.35 44.85 N 123 707 318 6522 22 Table 2 Va iable de ini ions o Dependen and Independen Va iables Va iable De ini ion LFP =1 i pa icipa ing in he labou ma ke , =0 o he wise Disabled wi h se e e limi a ion =1 i disabled and se e ely limi ed in daily ac i i ies, =0 o he wise Disabled wi h some limi a ion =1 i disabled and limi ed o some ex en in daily ac i i ies, =0 o he wise Disabled wi h no limi a ion =1 i disabled and no limi ed in daily ac i i ies, =0 o he wise (Base ca ego y=No disabili y) Age 15-24 =1 i aged 15-24 yea s, =0 o he wise Age 25-34 =1 i aged 25-34 yea s, =0 o he wise Age 35-44 =1 i aged 35-44 yea s, =0 o he wise Age 45-54 =1 i aged 45-54 yea s, =0 o he wise (Base ca ego y=aged 55-64 yea s) BMW =1 i li ing in Bo de , Midlands, Wes egion, =0 o he wise (Base ca ego y=Res o Coun y) Seconda y Educa ion =1 i highes le el o educa ion comple ed is seconda y, =0 o he wise Thi d Le el Educa ion =1 i highes le el o educa ion comple ed is hi d le el, =0 o he wise (Base ca ego y=No quali ica ions o highes le el o educa ion comple ed is p ima y) Ma ied =1 i ma ied o li ing wi h a pa ne , =0 o he wise Age Younges Child<4 =1 i age o younges child is less han 4, =0 o he wise Age Younges Child>=4 and <12 =1 i age o younges child is g ea e han o equal o 4 and less han 12, =0 o he wise Age Younges Child>=12and <18 =1 i age o younges child is g ea e han o equal o 12 and less han 18, =0 o he wise (Base ca ego y=No child en) Unea ned Income =Ne Household Income – Ne Indi idual Disposable Income (Ne Indi idual Disposable Income includes ne incomes om wo k, social wel a e paymen s and child bene i . Ne Household Income agg ega es indi idual da a o household le el) No e: The egional classi ica ions a e based on he NUTS (Nomencla u e o Te i o ial Uni s) classi ica ion used by Eu os a . 23 Table 3 Summa y S a is ics o all Va iables Va iable Pe cen age o Sample in each Ca ego y Men Women LFP 86.6 51.9 Disabled wi h se e e limi a ion 2.6 1.6 Disabled wi h some limi a ion 9.1 9.2 Disabled wi h no limi a ion 4.4 4.1 No Disabili y 83.8 85.0 Age 15-24 12.3 10.1 Age 25-34 16.4 17.2 Age 35-44 26.2 27.1 Age 45-54 24.4 25.6 Age 55-64 20.7 20.0 BMW 24.7 21.9 Seconda y Educa ion 51.8 59.0 Thi d Le el Educa ion 16.7 13.3 No educa ion o p ima y only 31.4 27.6 Ma ied 68.7 73.3 Age Younges Child<4 12.5 13.3 Age Younges Child>=4 and <12 21.3 24.5 Age Younges Child>=12and <18 15.2 17.7 Unea ned Income 228.64 (240.13) 389.5 (307.7) N 7188 7670 No e: Fo unea ned income we p esen he mean and s anda d de ia ion (in pa en heses) 24 Table 4 Panel Model Resul s Men (co-e icien s) Women (co-e icien s) Pooled S a ic Random e ec s dynamic ( e-scaled) Pooled Dynamic Pooled Random e ec s dynamic ( e-scaled) Pooled Dynamic Lag LFP 0.7511** (0.1194) 1.687** (0.0918) 0.7494** (0.0835) 1.7974** (0.0623) Disabled wi h se e e limi a ion -1.2368** (0.1314) -0.6639** (0.2653) -0.5653** (0.2218) -0.9173** (0.1736) -0.8256** (0.2827) -1.1359** (0.2393) Disabled wi h some limi a ion -0.7886** (0.0814) -0.5159** (0.1594) -0.4757** (0.1285) -0.3296** (0.0755) -0.3137** (0.1283) -0.4210** (0.1106) Disabled wi h no limi a ion -0.2066** (0.1042) -0.3464** (0.2161) -0.3397** (0.1380) -0.0175 (0.0928) -0.1811** (0.1497) -0.2732** (0.1326) Lagged Disabili y Disabled wi h se e e limi a ion -1.0555** (0.1275) -0.2534 (0.2593) -0.0765 (0.2465) -0.6203** (0.1626) -0.1470 (0.2863) 0.0102 (0.2643) Disabled wi h some limi a ion -0.5802** (0.0783) 0.0259 (0.1592) 0.1796 (0.1302) -0.2742** (0.0714) -0.0056 (0.1303) 0.0514 (0.1177) Disabled wi h no limi a ion -0.0925 (0.1175) 0.0887 (0.2254) 0.1298 (0.1461) -0.0290 (0.0962) -0.0495 (0.1566) -0.0464 (0.1363) Ini ial condi ion LFP in 1995 1.2059** (0.2096) 0.6399** (0.0944) 0.8984** (0.1353) 0.6315** (0.0626) Random e ec ( ime a e ages) Disabled wi h se e e limi a ion -0.8815** (0.5948) -0.9013** (0.4588) -0.3077 (0.7211) -0.2653 (0.5607) Disabled wi h some limi a ion -0.7265** (0.3237) -0.7146** (0.2371) -0.1387 (0.2744) -0.1209 (0.2041) Disabled wi h no limi a ion 0.3616 (0.5068) 0.2146 (0.3297) 0.4464* (0.3844) 0.5171* (0.3087) Cons an 0.4642** (0.1332) -0.8210** (0.2167) -1.0449** (0.1332) -0.5446** (0.1074) -0.1118** (0.1595) -1.5214** (0.0945) N 5930 5930 5930 6330 6330 6330 Pseudo R2 0.2772 0.5371 0.1700 0.5303 Rho 0.4684** 0.3984** No e: 10.0,*05.0**  pp . No e: 10.0,*05.0**  pp (Signi icance in andom e ec s models a e based on -s a s on base co-e icien s).