Similar Search Results

Increased instruction time and stress-related health problems among school children

Marcus, Jan; Reif, Simon; Wuppermann, Amelie; Rouche, … - 2019

While several studies suggest that stress-related mental health problems among school children are related to specific … increased weekly instruction time and study its effects on stress-related outpatient diagnoses from the universe of health … states, we show that the reform slightly increased stress-related health problems among school children. While increasing …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022206

COVID-19 and mental health deterioration among BAME groups in the UK

Proto, Eugenio; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2020

We use the UK Household Longitudinal Study and compare pre- (2017-2019) and post-COVID19 data (April 2020) for the same group of individuals to assess and quantify changes in mental health among ethnic groups in the UK. We confirm the previously documented average deterioration in mental health...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252463

Unemployment and domestic violence : theory and evidence

Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; … - 2013

Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The contribution of this paper is to examine, theoretically and empirically, how changes in unemployment affect the incidence of domestic abuse. The key theoretical prediction is that male...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764966

Leaving home with a partner

Bentolila, Samuel; Méndez Martínez, Ildefonso; … - 2015

Leaving the parental home is often a decision made together by two people. In this paper we present a theoretical model analyzing moving out as a joint decision and then test its implications using a new dataset of university graduates collected in the southern Spanish region of Murcia in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528941

Job insecurity and children's emancipation

Becker, Sascha O.; Bentolila, Samuel; Fernandes, Ana … - 2004

The age at which children leave the parental home differs considerably across countries. We present a theoretical model predicting that higher job security of parents and lower job security of children may delay emancipation. We then provide aggregate evidence which supports this hypothesis for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402589

Emotion research in economics

Wälde, Klaus - 2016

Emotions were central to the development of economics, especially in utility theory in classical economics. While neoclassical utility theory basically abolished emotions, behavioural economics more recently reintroduced emotions in utility theory. Beyond utility theory, economic theorists use...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499845

Stress and coping : an economic approach

Wälde, Klaus - 2018

We present a psychological model of stress. Appraisal translates stressors into subjective stress. Stress reduces … not go hand in hand with rising stress. First steps towards a theory of therapy show how stressed individuals can improve …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819320

Boon or bane? : others' unemployment, well-being and job insecurity

Clark, Andrew E.; Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen - 2008

The social norm of unemployment suggests that aggregate unemployment reduces the well-being of the employed, but has a far smaller effect on the unemployed. We use German panel data to reproduce this standard result, but then suggest that the appropriate distinction may not be between employment...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805987

The effect of FDI on job separation

Becker, Sascha O. (contributor); … - 2006

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003457459

The twin effects of globalization : evidence from a sample of Indian manufacturing firms

Daveri, Francesco; Manasse, Paolo; Serra, Danila - 2010

Employees of globalized firms face a riskier menu of labor market outcomes. They face a more uncertain stream of earnings and riskier employment prospects. However, they may also have stronger incentives to train and upgrade their skills and/or may benefit from more rapid careers. Hence, the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697164

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last