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Do immigrants improve the health of native workers?
Giuntella, Osea - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that … have positive impacts on the health of the native workers. …
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Are immigrants healthier than native residents?
Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
that threaten the health of the resident population. In reality, extensive empirical research over several decades and … spent in the host country, however, and immigrants' health status converges toward (or below) that of native residents. …
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Relative deprivation and individual well-being
Chen, Xi - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
People who are unable to maintain the same standard of living as others around them experience a sense of relative deprivation that has been shown to reduce feelings of well-being. Relative deprivation reflects conditions of worsening relative poverty despite striking reductions in absolute...
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The relationship between recessions and health
Drydakis, Nick - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Recessions are complex events that affect personal health and behavior via various potentially opposing mechanisms …. While recessions are known to have negative effects on mental health and lead to an increase in suicides, it has been proven … that they reduce mortality rates. A general health policy agenda in relation to recessions remains ambiguous due to the …
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The economics of mental health
Layard, Richard - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
In a typical country, one in five people suffers from a mental illness, the great majority from depression or crippling anxiety. Mental illness accounts for half of all illness up to age 45 in rich countries, making it the most prevalent disease among working-age people; it also accounts for...
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Do immigrants improve the health of native workers?
Giuntella, Osea - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that … improvement in native health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266213
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The relationship between recessions and health
Drydakis, Nick - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)
Recessions are complex events that affect personal health and behavior via various potentially opposing mechanisms …. While recessions are known to have negative effects on mental health and lead to an increase in suicides, it has been proven … that they reduce mortality rates. A general health policy agenda in relation to recessions remains ambiguous due to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266242
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Presenteeism at the workplace
Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
presenteeism are person-related (e.g. individuals' health or job attitude) or work-related (e.g. job demands and constraints on … absence from work). Working when sick can have positive and negative consequences for workers' performance and health, but it …
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Adult literacy programs in developing countries
Blunch, Niels-Hugo - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
health, household income, and labor market participation by enhancing participants’ health knowledge and income …
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
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 …
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