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.e., switching from self-employment to unemployment) are substantial and exceed the costs of involuntarily losing a salaried job (i ….e., switching from salaried employment to unemployment). Meanwhile, leaving self-employment has no consequences for selfreported …
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This study examines whether an association exists between parental unemployment and health-related quality of life and … periods, 2011-2013 and 2017-2019. The study finds that parental unemployment bears an association with decreased health … increased parental unemployment, saw a decrease in health-related quality of life and increased adverse mental health symptoms …
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While there is little doubt that the probability of poor health increases with age, and that less healthy people face a more difficult situation on the labour market, the precise relationship between facing the risks of health deterioration and labour market instability is not well understood....
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Among health care systems with both public and private elements (such as in the US and Germany), an important question is whether the type of health insurance exerts an impact on workers' careers. We exploit the unique German case of a two-tier health care system to analyze whether opting out of...
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While there is little doubt that the probability of poor health increases with age, and that less healthy people face a more difficult situation on the labour market, the precise relationship between facing the risks of health deterioration and labour market instability is not well understood....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018699
Supporting working mothers to balance their work and childcare responsibilities is a central objective of maternal and parental leave policies. Nearly all countries offer some forms of maternity and family leave programs for childbearing on a national basis. This chapter reviews various types of...
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This paper uses a health labor market lens to examine the impact of COVID-19 on health workers, as well as relevant policy levers. It compiles a collection of literature using a standardized measurement framework to determine the impact of COVID-19 on health workers. It examines the relevant...
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Τhe study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
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Objectives: A multitude of studies has established a negative relationship between unemployment and health. With the … "Hartz-reforms", unemployment benefit II was introduced in 2005. Whether unemployment benefit II receipt has an impact …, additional to unemployment, on health, is investigated. Methods: For this study data of the panel study "Labour market and social …
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This chapter summarizes the latest state of the art in economic research on unemployment and subjective well …. Topics covered include the estimation of non-pecuniary costs of unemployment, unemployment over time, the role of others …' unemployment, spill-over effects, and re-employment, among others. …
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