Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174011 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11101
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The extent to which physical functioning limitations result in permanent job loss, lowered lifetime income and assets, in part, depends upon the extent to which onset of these limitations becomes permanent. This paper uses five rounds of data from Malawi to examine path dependence in physical functioning limitations. We do so using a dynamic linear panel data model where the coefficient on the one-period lagged health outcome captures path dependence in functional limitations. Our preferred estimates indicate – (a) partial recovery from onset of functional limitations for males, (b) there is less recovery in severe limitations than moderate limitations for males, (c) perfect recovery from both moderate and severe functional limitation for females.
Subjects: 
activity of daily living
functional limitation
panel data
Malawi
JEL: 
J14
I15
I10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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