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Entrepreneurship & Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder : A Large-Scale Study Involving the Clinical Condition of Adhd
Lerner, Dan - 2017
A growing conversation has emerged linking ostensibly dark or pathological individual-level characteristics to entrepreneurship. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) emerged as a proof-of-concept phenomenon. Recent studies in entrepreneurship journals have made great strides –...
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Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?
Fleche, Sarah - 2015
Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia, Britain and Germany to broaden the analysis. We ask first how many of those in the lowest levels of life-satisfaction suffer from unemployment, poverty, physical ill health, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016269
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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E. - 2013
of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We present results for the five main NCDs (cardiovascular disease …, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and mental health). Our undiscounted estimates indicate that the cost of the … most costly domains are cardiovascular disease and mental health, followed by respiratory disease. Our analyses also reveal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076812
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Stung by Pension Reforms : The Impact of a Change in State Pension Age on Mental Health and Life Satisfaction of Affected Women
Della Giusta, Marina - 2020
Several reforms increased the state pension age (SPA) in the UK and equalised it to age 65 for both men and women. We use panel data and a difference-in-difference approach to comprehensively analyse the direct and indirect effects of these reforms, investigating mechanisms for indirect effects....
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School Tracking and Mental Health
Bockerman, Petri - 2019
hospitalized for depression …
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Social Rejection, Family Acceptance, Economic Recession and Physical and Mental Health of Sexual Minorities
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
Utilizing two panel datasets covering the periods 2013-2014 and 2018-2019, the study examines whether social rejection, family acceptance, and economic conditions bear an association with self-rated physical and mental health of sexual minorities. Social rejection bears a negative association...
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Giving Up Job Search During a Recession : The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the South African Labour Market
Verick, Sher - 2011
The global financial crisis deeply impacted the South African labour market resulting in the shedding of almost 1 million jobs over 2009 and 2010. Reflecting longer term structural problems, this employment loss translated into a much larger rise in the number of discouraged individuals rather...
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Work Absenteeism Due to a Chronic Disease
Lacroix, Guy - 2011
spells between January 1996 up until December 1998. Only absences due to migraine and depression, its main comorbidity, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128228
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Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence : Evidence from a Sick Pay Reform
Goerke, Laszlo - 2012
In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that trade union members are dismissed less often than non-members, we construct a model to predict how absence behaviour will respond to the sick pay reform. We show that union members...
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Firm Insurance and Sickness Absence of Employees
Westergaard-Nielsen, Niels - 2012
We investigate the effect of firms' participation in an insurance scheme on the long-term sickness absence of their employees, using administrative records. In Denmark and several other European countries, firms are obliged to cover the first two weeks of sickness. The insurance scheme is...
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