This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …

This paper complements previous studies on the effects of health on wages by addressing the problems of unobserved … corrections are necessary. Good health leads to higher wages for men, while there appears to be no significant effect for women … (GSOEP) we find the health variable to suffer from measurement error and a number of tests provide evidence that selection …

The costs of mental ill-health for individuals, employers and society at large are enormous. Mental illness is … Health and Work) and nine country reports, this final synthesis report summarizes the findings from the participating …

stillbirth, and for the long-term health and labour market outcomes of those that survive. Variation in in utero exposure comes … district and quarter of birth, and their health and labour market outcomes observed at fifty and sixty years old. Differences …

equitable and employment-generating social policies in National Development Strategies. This Policy Note has been developed in …

This paper examines gender equality in three important aspects including education, health care and employment in … more likely than men in using outpatient and inpatient health care services. However, for people above 14 years old, men … employment, and their wage is lower than men’s wage. Women have to do more housework than men even after the working hours for …

wages have stagnated. Though real wages in the factories have declined employment therein has not increased. Interestingly …, both wages and employment have increased in the mid-sized units. The relationship is therefore neither unidirectional nor … sector has seen the most sweeping changes. It is now being suggested that the current jobless growth is due to high wages …