This paper analyses the causal effects of temporary employment on work-related stress and mental health before (2006 …/07) and during the economic crisis (2011/12) and examines whether the economic recession worsened these two health outcomes … affecting women. We also see evidence of a positive link between temporary employment and poor mental health in both periods …

problem of negative health selection into early retirement, we exploit a policy change in unemployment insurance rules in …

well being and mental health. This paper investigates the links between contractual arrangements, working conditions and … mental health using time-series cross-section data for 15 European countries. We use different waves of the European Working … Conditions Survey (1995, 2000, 2005) to document recent patterns in mental health at the workplace and to assess how these are …

partial identification without relying on functional form restrictions for utility. Identification given general, potentially …

A large body of empirical research links mental health and labour market outcomes; however, there are few studies that … effectively control for the two-way causality between work and health and the existence of unobserved individual characteristics … that might jointly determine health and labour market outcomes. In this study, we estimate the effect of mental health on …

We use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to … investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. We estimate that … technological change along with the increase in the generosity of health insurance may explain independently 53% of the rise in …

interventions which increase breastfeeding rates would improve not only children's health, but also their cognitive skills, and …