performance deficits related to severe mental health-related problems. Using longitudinal socio-economic and health register data …

mothers. Hourly wages, however, increase with WfH take-up among fathers, but not among mothers unless they change employer …. This points to poorer bargaining outcomes for women compared to men when staying with the same employer. Controlling for …

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort …-specific pension reform for women using two complementary empirical approaches - a Regression Discontinuity Design and a Difference …-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and …

-collected historical data on the number of livestock at the local level with microdata on eating habits, health outcomes, and food … individuals have a higher probability of being obese, having poor self-perceived health, and developing cancer. The effects are … larger for women and persist intergenerationally, as the adult children of mothers who experienced meat scarcity similarly …

, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child health for child development and later life success, the effect of early … daycare attendance on health has received little attention in the economic literature. In this study, I investigate the impact … of a large daycare expansion in Germany on children's age-specific mental and physical health outcomes. Based on a unique …

Research has consistently shown that women's involvement in household decision making positively affects household … outcomes such as nutrition and education of children. Is financial literacy a determinant for women to participate in intra …-household decision making? Using data on savings groups in Rwanda, we examine this relationship and show that women with higher financial …