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Summary Report of the Incidence and Prevalence of Worker Injury and Subsequent Outcome in British Columbia: a Record Linkage Study.
Hertzman, C.; McGrail, K.; Hirtle, R. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 1999
workers claims, from 1986 to 1996, to the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. Using 'personal identifier … file were succesfully matched to an individual in our Linkage Co-ordinating File, the scrambled Personal Health Number was … other files in the BCLCDB in order to produce longitudinal records of health services utilization for individual injured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005671753
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Reducing Birth Defects in Populations.
Baird, P.A. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 1999
Birth defects occur in population in 3-5% of births. All those birth defects due to chromosomal errors, hundreds of those due to single genes and many of those due to unknown or multifactoral cause can be detected prenatally. However, it is not feasible to test all pregnancies for all of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486921
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Long-term health effects on the next generation of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy
van Ewijk, Reyn - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder …’s pregnancy have a poorer general health and are sick more often than people who were not exposed. This effect is especially … pronounced among older people, who, when exposed, also report health problems more often that are indicative of coronary heart …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746478
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Education and health knowledge: evidence from UK compulsory schooling reforms
Johnston, David W.; Lordan, Grace; Shields, Michael A.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991 …/92 waves of the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). Uniquely, the survey asks respondents what they think are the main … causes of ten common health conditions, and we compare these answers to those given by medical professionals to form an index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126452
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Why is Mortality Higher in Unequal Societies? Interpreting Income Inequality and Mortality in Canada and the United States.
Ross, N.A.; Wolfson, M.C.; Berthelot, J.-M.; Dunn, J.R. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 1999
health of its people -independent of how wealthy a society is in absolute terms. In this paper, we review the current …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005671727
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The Case for an Early Childhood Development Strategy.
Hertzman, C. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 2000
Prenal and early childhood experiences have a more powerfull and longlasting effect on subsequent health, well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005671743
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Measuring Morbidity in Populations: Performance of the John Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Group (ACG) Case-Mix Adjustment System in Manitoba.
Reid, R.; MacWilliam, L.; Roos, N.P.; Bogdanovich, B.; … - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 1999
This study examines the performance of the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Group (ACG) system in measuring the morbidity of individuals and populations in the province of Manitoba.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005671750
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Gender segregation in employment contracts
Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from the ECHPS. Women are over-represented in part-time jobs in all countries considered, but while in northern Europe such allocation roughly reflects women’s preferences and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884580
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Are you happy while you work?
Bryson, Alex; MacKerron, George - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
Recent work in psychology and economics has investigated ways in which individuals experience their lives. This literature includes influences on individuals’ momentary happiness. We contribute to this literature using a new data source, Mappiness (www.mappiness.org.uk), which permits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745240
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How does innovation affect worker well-being?
Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Barth, Erling - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
We explore the effects of management innovations on worker well-being using private sector linked employer-employee data for Britain. We find management innovations are associated with lower worker well-being and lower job satisfaction, an effect which becomes more pronounced when we account for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745414