Presenter: Annette Bergemann
Date: 02 October 2024
Time: 13:00-14:00
Venue: Seminar Room, Level 4, School of Economics Building
(light lunch served in the adjacent Staff Lounge from 12:30)
Format: In-person

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To start our October seminars, we are delighted to have Annette Bergemann from the University of Groningen share her research.

Abstract
This presentation will summarize two research projects on the interaction of diabetes type 2 and employment with a special focus on gender differences. We are focusing on diabetes type 2 as one of the major threats to human health (Zimmet, Alerti and Shaw, 2001 in Nature) and being particularly relevant for labour market outcomes. It partly originates from lifestyle factors and psychosocial stress, both related to the world of work, and at the same time leads to loss of productivity, if not well managed.

Firstly, the effect of being mass laid off on the onset of diabetes is evaluated on the basis of detailed Swedish register data and flexible hazard rate models. We find that losing a job in a mass lay off increases the risk of being diagnosed with diabetes for women by at least 20%, particularly among women with low socioeconomic background. Men are only affected in special cases, i.e. if there is a family history of diabetes.

Secondly, the effect of receiving a diabetes risk warning on labour market outcomes is analyzed with the aid of Dutch survey data and a regression discontinuity design. Warned women below age 40 show higher employment levels in the short and long run of around 10 percentage points. Warned men under the age of 40 on the other side experience a long-term reduction in disability insurance take-up of 2 percentage points, accompanied by lower death rates.

Brief presenter bio
Annette Bergemann is associate professor and Rosalind Franklin Fellow at the department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance (EEF) at University of Groningen. Her research focuses on gender aspects in the interactions between labour, health and family topics and the evaluation of active labour market programmes. She applies innovative econometric methods, uses economic theory and collects and analyses innovative data with a particular focus on expectation formation. She has published in journals such as Journal of the European Economic Association and Journal of Applied Econometrics.

Annette is also affiliated to the IZA institute in Bonn/Germany and IFAU institute in Uppsala/Sweden. She previously worked at the University of Bristol, University of Mannheim, VU University Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam, University College London and the Halle Institute for Economic Research.