Metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and employment
| Autor: | Yen-Huei Liang, 梁妍慧 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 99 The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and its risk factors (including overweight/obesity, diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia) has been on the rise in the past decade in developing countries. These chronic health problems not only place a huge burden on health care and welfare systems, but may also affect labor market performance. We hence examine the negative impact of metabolic syndrome on the probability of cardiovascular disease and also on the probability of employment through increase of the risk of cardiovascular disease by analyzing the 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) of Taiwan. It uses an endogenous trivariate probit model with a recursive structure, and the instrumental variables include prevalence rate of disease and genetic factors. The empirical results indicate that cardiovascular disease has a significantly negative effect on both male’s and female’s employment probability. For men, the effect of cardiovascular disease is to reduce labor force participation by 44.31% while for women the effect is 26.98%. On the other hand, the results confirm that metabolic syndrome increases the risk for cardiovascular disease significantly. Metabolic syndrome will increase the incidence rate of cardiovascular disease by 17.01% for men and 30.37% for women. If metabolic syndrome can be avoided, the employment rates will rise by 5.8% and 7.73% for men and women, respectively. Therefore, given the significant increase in the incidence of metabolic syndrome, it is imperative that a multifaceted approach to combat this trend be undertaken. For example, enhance the education level will reduce the risk for metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease for women, and hence it would improve the social productivity. In addition, the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease should improve the probability of individuals finding and retaining employment. |
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