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of sickness by age, gender, education and employment status. Employed have a significantly better health record than the … health surveys, complemented by administrative data (morbidity rates of the employed and unemployed) and data from the …
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In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children s home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …
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We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … physical health, and that these effects can be explained by workers fearing for their own jobs. We also show that health …
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We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … physical health, and that these effects can be explained by workers fearing for their own jobs. We also show that health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404923
We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … and physical health, and that these effects can be explained by workers fearing for their own jobs. We also show that … health externalities due to downsizing imply non-negligible cost for firms, and that wage cuts may have similar effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390277
We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … physical health, and that these effects can be explained by workers fearing for their own jobs. We also show that health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437171
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376059
In this paper we investigate the contribution of health related behaviors to the education gradient, using an empirical … approach that addresses the endogeneity of both education and behaviors in the health production function. We apply this … approach to a multi-country data set, which includes 12 European countries and has information on education, health and health …
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We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health education gradient by distinguishing between short … and behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health, we find that education has a … protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health behaviors - measured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009509222