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ECONOMIC GROWTH CENTER YALE UNIVERSITY P.O. Box 208269 New Haven, CT 06520-8269 /~egcenter/ CENTER DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 846 HEALTH AND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION OF THE ELDERLY IN TAIWAN Cem Mete Yale University T. Paul Schultz Yale University June 2002 Notes: Center Discussion Papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussions and critical comments. We acknowledge grant support from the Rockefeller Foundation for training and research in the economics of the family in low-income countries, and that from the Population Council postdoctoral fellowship program. This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network electronic library at: /abstract_id=317981 An index to papers in the Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper Series is located at: /~egcenter/research.htm Abstract Estimates are reported of the consequences of health on participation in the labor force of elderly men and women in Taiwan from 1989 to 1996. Three survey indicators of individual health are examined, and two are estimated by instrumental variables (IV), using as instruments parent longevity, birthplace, and childhood conditions. IV estimates of health’s effect on participation are in most cases significant and always positive, and about twice the magnitude of the