Cancer survivors frequently shift to part-time job, unemployment and early retirement, probably more than the general population. We re-evaluated the impact of cancer in the labour market, using ?comparative? transition matrices between occupational states. The proper consequences of cancer were measured by a significant deviation of the transition matrix for cancer survivors, compared to a prior matrix standardised on the general population. The methodology was declined with stratifications by social class or gender. We disentangle whether systematic differences in socioeconomic status regarding ability to return to work, are illness related (cancer sites or diagnosis prognosis), or job related (physical demands). Results of the paper are in favour of a specific concern of the policy-maker towards manual workers affected by cancer. JEL classification: I10 ; J210 ; J24.

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The aim of this paper is to re-examine the consequences of AIDS on economic growth inAfrica.The model is based on two crucial hypothesis: i) AIDS has a short-term impact on a flow variable (the flow of labour available and capable of working at a moment t in the economy); ii) AIDS has a long-term impact on stock variables (human capital, i.e. the stock of health or the stock of education and competence incorporated in the workers; and physical capital). Integrating these two impacts in a model of growth with multiple factors of accumulation reverses the standard impact-evaluations based on classicaltools(Solow-typemodelofgrowth,with?catching-upeffect?asmechanismof development). An involution trap appears for a reasonable range of epidemiological shocks, corresponding to a modification of the long-term growth regime of the economy.