Friends and health of the workers in Italy

Fiorillo, Damiano (2013): Friends and health of the workers in Italy.

Abstract

Using a rich cross-sectional dataset, we estimate the effect of meetings with friends on self-perceived health, chronic conditions and limitations in daily activities of Italian employees. We address the self-selection of individuals in labour market using an Heckman selection model. Our main preliminary findings show that meetings with friends is positively correlated with self-perceived health, negatively associated with chronic conditions but not related to limitations in activities of daily living.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Health, income, friends, workers, Italy
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Behavior; Z - Other Special Topics > Z0 - General; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C35 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models ; Discrete Regressors ; Proportions

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