In this study, we examine how the market concentration in the insurance industry impacts employment and wages. We use … panel data, with fixed effects, to find that a higher market concentration is associated with lower employment in the … industry. Additionally, we find that market concentration is associated with a lower share of wages. However, we do not find …

facts concerning the variability of unemployment and vacancies in the aggregate, the distribution of net employment growth … and the comovement of hours and employment growth at the establishment level. A search model with frictions in hiring and … response of hours and wages to shocks. We specify and estimate the parameters of the search model using simulated method of …

Using Dutch administrative data, we assess the work and earnings capacity of disability insurance (DI) recipients by … estimating employment and earnings responses to benefit cuts. Reassessment of DI entitlement under more stringent criteria … removed 14.4 percent of recipients from the program and reduced benefits by 20 percent, on average. In response, employment …

status in decisions to transition to self-employment. Much of the past literature has incorporated health status in models … using a discrete factor random effects model. Three hypotheses for the direct effect of health on the self-employment … decision are put forth. The indirect effect that health may have in determining one’s valuation of health insurance coverage is …

changes in education and health. Focus in the paper includes also the gender aspect to accommodate stronger cohort effects for … women than for men. The impact on labor force participation from individual education and from self-assessed health is …

towards a need for social protection policies with a focus on health, disability, and employment in Indonesia. … recoveries from disability on both employment status and hours worked using panel data from Indonesia. We find that changes in … to an increase in the probability of leaving employment, while recoveries increase the probability of returning to work …

subjective indicators reveal differences in satisfaction with household income, health, and childcare. In contrast, job … crime levels and their own financial circumstances, whereas concerns about xenophobia and employment have diminished …, employability and health-related well-being. Our results indicate that being unemployed has a strong negative effect on life …