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Long Work Hours and Health in China
Nie, Peng; Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Using several waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes the effect of long work hours … on health and lifestyles in a sample of 18- to 65-year-old Chinese workers. Although working long hours does … significantly increase the probabilities of high blood pressure and poorer reported health, the effects are small. Also small are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210814
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The Supply of Child Labour
Cigno, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child labour, a modern form of slavery closely associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763893
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Health Information, Treatment, and Worker Productivity: Experimental Evidence from Malaria Testing and Treatment among Nigerian Sugarcane Cutters
Dillon, Andrew; Friedman, Jed; Serneels, Pieter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
the weeks following the mobile clinic visit. The study further investigates the effect of health information by … contrasting program effects by workers revealed health status. For workers who test positive for malaria, the treatment of illness … to be surprised by the healthy diagnosis, the health information also leads to increased earnings via increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757345
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Employment-Contingent Health Insurance, Illness and Labor Supply of Women: Evidence from Married Women with Breast Cancer
Bradley, Cathy J.; Neumark, David; Luo, Zhehui; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We examine the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on married women’s labor supply following a health … shock. First, we develop a theoretical model that examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on the … labor supply response to a health shock, to clarify under what conditions employment-contingent health insurance is likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762043
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The Effects of Children's ADHD on Parents' Relationship Dissolution and Labor Supply
Kvist, Anette Primdal; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Simonsen, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper uses Danish register-based data for the population of children born in 1990-1997 to investigate the effects on parents of having a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD). Ten years after birth, parents of children diagnosed with ADHD have a 75% higher probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371184
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HIV, Wages, and the Skill Premium
Marinescu, Ioana E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The HIV epidemic has dramatically decreased labor supply among prime-age adults in sub-Saharan Africa. Using within-country variation in regional HIV prevalence and a synthetic panel, I find that HIV significantly increases the capital-labor ratio in urban manufacturing firms. The impact of HIV...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279281
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Long-Run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities
Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual … their own level of sports activities are tackled by combining informative data and flexible semiparametric estimation … positive long-term labour market effects in terms of earnings and wages, as well as positive effects on health and subjective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763808
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The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Obesity
Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro; Mitnik, Oscar A.; Peralta-Alva, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
force participation on obesity status. We use data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and replicate labor …-in-differences estimation strategy in the NHIS data, as has been done in several other data sets. Depending on the specification, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367500
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Do Financial Incentives Promote the Employment of the Disabled?
Verick, Sher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
In October 1999 the unemployment rate of people with severe disabilities in Germany was more than double that of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703290
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The Effect of Non-Standard Employment on Mental Health in Britain
Bardasi, Elena; Francesconi, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
This paper explores the relationship between non-standard types of employment and mental health. The analysis uses data …-standard employment (non-standard ontracts, places, times, and weekly hours of work) are analysed and the General Health Questionnaire … (GHQ) index is used as the measure of mental health. We find evidence of only a modest effect of all types of flexible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703372