Social stress can cause physical and mental harm. It is therefore not surprising that public health policy makers have sought to identify and implement policies aimed at tackling this social ill. A frequently prescribed remedy is to reduce social stress by reducing income inequality, which is...

Work-Life Balance für Extremjobber -- Arbeit als Lebensinhalt oder Work-Life Balance? -- Ökonomische Analyse von zeitintensiven Beschäftigungsverhältnissen aus Unternehmens- und Beschäftigtenperspektive -- Work-Life Balance in Professional Service Firms -- Work-Life Balance im...

Das Thema Einkaufsstress von Konsumenten ist für den Handel von hoher Bedeutung. Carmen-Maria Albrecht entwickelt ein Instrument zur Messung von Einkaufsstress, untersucht geschäfts-, sortiments- und verkäuferspezifische Faktoren, die Einkaufsstress im Einzelhandelsgeschäft auslösen...

Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit als Raketenantrieb -- Praxisvarieté erster Akt – Bühne frei für enorme Zeitpotenziale -- Ganzheitlich erfolgreich – vom ZeitDRUCK zum SOG -- Denk- und Handlungswerkzeuge der Zukunft -- Praxisvarieté zweiter Akt – Bühne frei für enorme Zeitpotenziale --...

We investigate whether short-term everyday stressors leads to unhealthier dietary choices among low socioeconomic status mothers. We propose a novel stress protocol that aims to mimic everyday stressors experienced by this population, involving time and financial pressure. We evaluate the impact...

We examine the impact of a major earthquake that unexpectedly affected the Canterbury region of New Zealand on a wide-range of birth outcomes, including birth weight, gestational age and an indicator of general newborn health. We control for observed and unobserved differences between pregnant...

There is a consensus in the literature on the relevance of the first 1,000 days since conception in the development of a child's cognitive and non-cognitive skills. However, little is known of the determinants of these skills at that age, as previous literature has focused on the effect of in...

We investigate the impacts of COVID-19 on domestic violence and family stress. Our empirical analysis relies on a unique online survey, Canadian Perspective Survey Series, that allow us to disentangle the mechanisms through which COVID-19 may affect family stress and domestic violence. We find...

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. To control for selection bias, propensity scores (PS)...

Behavioural attitudes towards risk and time, as well as behavioural biases such as present bias, are thought to be important drivers of unhealthy lifestyle choices. This paper makes the first attempt to explore the possibility of training the mind to alter these attitudes and biases, and...