Migraine headache and labor market outcomes Articles uri icon

publication date

  • January 2015

start page

  • 659

end page

  • 671

issue

  • 6

volume

  • 24

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 10579230 (ISSN)

abstract

  • While migraine headache can be physically debilitating, no study has attempted to estimate its effects on labor market outcomes. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effect of being diagnosed with migraine headache on labor force participation, hours worked, and wages. Ordinary least squares (OLS) estimates suggest that migraines are associated with reduced labor force participation and lower wages among females. A negative association between migraine headache and the wages of female respondents is also obtained using an instrumental variables (IV) approach, although the IV estimates are imprecise relative to the OLS estimates. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

keywords

  • labor force participation migraine headache productivity wages adult article controlled study cost of illness disease association female female worker human major clinical study male manual labor marketing migraine national longitudinal study of adolescent health occupational health priority journal productivity salary working time workload young adult adolescent economics employment longitudinal study migraine regression analysis salary and fringe benefit sex ratio socioeconomics statistics and numerical data time factor adolescent adult cost of illness employment female humans least-squares analysis longitudinal studies male migraine disorders salaries and fringe benefits sex distribution socioeconomic factors time factors young adult