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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 …
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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...
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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 …
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and the 1940 U.S. Census to explore whether fetal and early childhood exposure to stress caused by hurricanes affects …
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parenting behavior? Can emergency childcare policies during a pandemic mitigate increases in parental stress and negative …
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mental and physical health of the population creates psychological stress. Focusing on the bellwether indicators of economic …. Stress is the biological reaction to external stimuli that threatens the self-preservation instinct of a human organism. The … stress was generated by debilitating poverty, financial insecurity, by the highest level of inequality among rich countries …
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Working from home (WFH) has become ubiquitous around the world. We ask how much workers actually value this job attribute. Using a stated-preference experiment, we show that German employees are willing to give up 7.7% of their earnings for WFH, but they value other job attributes more. For...
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We experimentally study an intervention to reduce mistreatment of Filipino overseas domestic workers (DWs) by their employers. Encouraging DWs to show their employers a family photo while providing a small gift when starting employment reduced DW mistreatment, increased their job satisfaction,...
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Work-related stress has reportedly increased over time. Using worker-level survey data, we build a measure of work …
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Most of the key amenities of our today jobs did not emerge in private contracts; instead, they appeared in collective agreements and regulations. I argue that understanding this observation can guide the provision of future amenities. I show that markets underprovide an amenity if workers who...
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