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This paper reviews the literature on the impact of work on health. We consider work along two dimensions: (i) the … employment or not, independent of the number of hours worked. We show that most of the evidence on the ne gative health impact of … amount of work they provide. In essence, what is de trimental to health is not so much work per se as much as the gap which …
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We investigate the impact of new work practices and information and communication technologies (ICT) on working conditions in France. We use a unique French dataset providing information on individual workers for the year 1998. New work practices include the use of quality norms, job rotation,...
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The authors examine wages and working conditions in meat processing and confectionery in France. Working there may not require much skill, or command good wages and working conditions, but this article reveals a more complex, positive situation than expected, thanks to the "French model's"...
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We model the links between skills and changes in work organization. As the proportion of skilled workers increases, the economy travels through a sequence of organizational equilibria. We show that as the relative supply of skills increases the organization of work becomes more decentralized....
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This paper investigates the impact of innovative workplace practices including job rotation and quality standards on occupational safety and mental strain. It uses a unique French dataset drawn from the 1998 Working Conditions survey, which provides information on individual workers for the year...
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This paper estimates the causal e ect of perceived job insecurity - i.e. the fear of involuntary job loss - on health … potential endogeneity of job insecurity is not accounted for, the latter appears to deteriorate almost all health outcomes …. After controlling for endogeneity, the health-damaging e ect of job insecurity is con rmed for a subgroup of health outcomes …
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This paper estimates the causal effect of perceived job insecurity – i.e. the fear of involuntary job loss – on health … potential endogeneity of job insecurity is not accounted for, the latter appears to deteriorate almost all health outcomes. When … tackling the endogeneity issue by estimating an IV model and dealing with potential weak-instrument issues, the health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096664