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Posted to Web: September 01, 2003

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This article examines whether race and ethnicity disparities in health account for similar disparities in employment status and other labor-related outcomes. Two population groups whose health is systematically worse than that of whites (blacks and Native Americans) are identified. We document the distribution of labor-related outcomes-employment, earnings, public transfer program participation, and household income-for these groups. Health disparities seem to contribute to the substantial difference in employment and participation in public transfer programs between whites and blacks and between whites and Native Americans. But health disparities account for a smaller portion of the substantial differences in household income and labor earnings across racial/ethnic groups. (Bound, J, Waidmann, T., Schoenbaum, M., and Bingenheimer, J. 2003. "The Labor Market Consequences of Race Differences in Health." Milbank Quarterly 81(3):441-473.)

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