An analysis of labor costs in the United States Merchant Marine

Thesis (M.B.A)--Boston UniversityThe purpose of this thesis is to analyze the maritime labor costs in connection with their effecta on the industry by three methods of approach: first, to explore the extent of the costs supported by the subsidization policy of the United States Government; second, to evaluate the justifications offered by seamen's unions in support of the wage levels attained by their effortsr and third, to appraise the claims of management in relation to the other two

The Transition from Good to Poor Health: An Econometric Study of the Older Population

This is a study of the influence of socioeconomic factors on the state of health of older Canadians. Three years of panel data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics are used to model the transition probabilities between good and poor health. Care is taken to avoid the problem of endogeneity of income in modelling its effects, and to adjust reported income to free it from its strong association with age at the time of the survey. Of particular note are the significant effects found for income, in spite of universal public health care coverage. Significant effects are found also for age, education, and other variables.Socioeconomic factors and health; older population; panel data

Healthy Aging at Older Ages: Are Income and Education Important?

Being higher on the socioeconomic scale is correlated with being in better health, but is there is a causal relationship? Using three years of longitudinal data for individuals aged 50 and older from the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, we study the health transitions for those who were in good health in the first year, focussing especially on income and education. The initial good health restriction removes from the sample those whose incomes may have been affected by a previous history of poor health, thus avoiding a well known problem of econometric endogeneity. We then ask, for those in good health, whether later transitions in health status are related to socioeconomic status. We find that they are that changes in health status over the subsequent two years are related in particular to income and education.aging, health, income, education

The Transition from Good to Poor Health: An Econometric Study of the Older Population

This is a study of the influence of socioeconomic factors on the state of health of older Canadians. Three years of panel data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics are used to model the transition probabilities between good and poor health. Care is taken to avoid the problem of endogeneity of income in modelling its effects, and to adjust reported income to free it from its strong association with age at the time of the survey. Of particular note are the significant effects found for income, in spite of universal public health care coverage. Significant effects are found also for age, education, and other variables.Socio-economic factors and health; older population; panel data; SLID