Diabetes warning: effects on health and labour market outcomes

As diabetes brings sizeable health costs, screenings are being implemented to promote early detection of such disease. The literature has studied the effects of diabetes screenings on health outcomes, but little is known about their effects on labour market outcomes. We investigate the health and employment effects of a diabetes risk warning received after a blood sample test performed by Lifelines. We study men and women separately, since these two group differ both in biological and sociocultural terms. Furthermore, we explore how the economic and health effects differ by personality traits related to good diabetes management (i.e. self-discipline).