support. We also find evidence of unemployment scarring effects: substantial experience of unemployment has long …

approach that exploits regional variation in unemployment and compares babies born to the same parents so as to deal with …-percentage-point increase in the unemployment rate during pregnancy reduces the probability of having a birth weight less than 1,500 grams or of … cannot be attributed to the parents' own employment status. The results suggest pathways through stress and air pollution. …

This paper analyses the causal effects of temporary employment on work-related stress and mental health before (2006 … difference-in-differences estimators stratifying by age, education level, and regional unemployment differences using PS as …-related stress in the pre-crisis period, but not for women. The stratification analysis shows lower work-related stress levels among …

Improving cognitive function and reducing stress may yield important benefits to individuals' health and to society. We … its impact on both reducing perceived stress and increasing self-reported cognitive flexibility and mindfulness. At the …

-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the …

The ways in which preferences respond to the varying stress of economic environments is a key question for behavioral … economics and public policy. We conducted a laboratory experiment to investigate the effects of stress on financial decision … intelligence tests as cognitive stressors, we find that stress increases subjective discounting rates, has no effect on the degree …

improve self-control and reduce stress. We conduct the experiment with 139 participants, half of whom receive a four …-related behaviours. We find evidence that mindfulness training reduces perceived stress, but only weak evidence on its impact on …