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Fear of the threat of job loss is likely to elicit negative thoughts that have adverse consequences for not only job satisfaction, but also, all-round happiness and satisfaction with life. Using nationally representative cross-sectional data, this study provides evidence of the negative effect...
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As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, future health care expenditure is likely the discriminant between nations who will … the last two decades, the health effects of trade liberalization are underexplored, with potentially wide implications for … reunification, this paper studies the causal effects of Chinese import competition on the health outcomes of individuals working in …
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We explore how involuntary and voluntary exits from self-employment affect life and health satisfaction. To that end …-employment exit) brings small improvements in health and life satisfaction, the negative psychological costs of business failure (i … physical health and behaviors such as smoking and drinking, implying that the costs of losing self-employment are largely …
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This paper investigates the causal impact of working conditions on mental health in the UK, combining new comprehensive … quality impacts different dimensions of mental health. Specifically, skills and discretion primarily affect the loss of …) and job demand (lower intensity) lead to greater health benefits, especially for occupations that are inherently …
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perceived by their workers and suggest that technological innovation is perceived by active workers as a signal of firms' health …
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health are studied in several disciplines, including a substantial research programme in psychology. Summary trends in Europe …
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The emergence of the platform economy has served as a defining feature of increasing fragmented labour markets in modern economies. Recent research on platform work, however, has struggled to quantify the socio-economic conditions of platform workers relative to other occupation groups....
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This article employs a Counterfactual Decomposition Analysis (CDA) using both a semi-parametric and a non-parametric method to examine the pay gap, over the entire wage distribution, between secure and insecure workers on the basis of perceived job insecurity. Using the 2015 INAPP Survey on...
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This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings...
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While the literature on the incidence and wage effects of over-education is substantial, specific results for doctoral graduates are surprisingly scarce. This article aims to fill this gap, not only by measuring the prevalence of over-educated PhD holders in Europe (i.e. in EU Member States and...
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