Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298443 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CEBI Working Paper Series No. 23/22
Version Description: 
Revised: February 2024
Publisher: 
University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI), Copenhagen
Abstract: 
We investigate the impact of adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) treatment on the labor market outcomes of breast cancer patients. In order to address the endogeneity in receipt of adjuvant radiotherapy, we use a 2SLS strategy that exploits plausibly exogenous variation in RT treatments due to changes in treatment guidelines. We find that adjuvant RT leads to significant improvements in employment and income. The gains are observed as early as three years after diagnosis and persist up to 10 years postdiagnosis. The main driver of these results seems to be reduced disability in the future.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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