In this paper we investigate the contribution of health related behaviors to the education gradient, using an empirical … approach that addresses the endogeneity of both education and behaviors in the health production function. We apply this … approach to a multi-country data set, which includes 12 European countries and has information on education, health and health …

This paper analyzes the relationship between reported health status and time allocation decisions in six European … countries. Using the Multinational Time Use Study, we find that a better perception of own health is associated with less time … regarding health, market work, and leisure in the US. However, in contrast to the large positive correlation between health and …

We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … and physical health, and that these effects can be explained by workers fearing for their own jobs. We also show that … health externalities due to downsizing imply non-negligible cost for firms, and that wage cuts may have similar effects …

incentives, e.g., social security wealth or health status, the steepness of the wage profile will have different incentives for …

In this paper, we analyze how forced displacements caused by violent conflicts affect the wages of displaced workers in … country. Using data from the Quality of Life Survey (2011-2014), we analyze differences in wages between those who were forced … find that forced displacement decreases between 6% and the 22% the wages of males, and between 17% and 37% the wages of …

wages and employment stability. Our rich administrative data allow us to evaluate the importance of providing unemployment … find re-employment, our results show that offshorability (but not automation) affects future job duration and wages … the routine content in tasks as well as the probability of off-shoring negatively affects the re-employment possibilities …

run earnings and employment losses are substantial for both groups but stronger for white collar workers. In the long run …

This paper analyzes the existence of short- and long-term intergenerational correlation of employment and self-employment … employment status of parents and that of their children. However, short-term correlation of self-employment seems to be driven …, estimates show a strong and significant correlation between respondents' self-employment status, and that of their parents when …