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Klin'-ing up: effects of Polish tax reforms on those in and on those out
Morawski, Leszek; Myck, Michał - 2008
taxation it is important to bear in mind that one of the reasons for introducing them is to make employment more likely for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275919
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Do Changes in Employment and Hours Worked Contribute to a Decreasing in the Mental Health of Single Mothers during a Period of Welfare Reform in the UK? A Longitudinal Analysis (20...
Simpson, Julija; Bambra, Clare; Brown, Heather - 2021
We investigate the role of employment in explaining changes in the mental health of single mothers compared to … health, higher employment, and longer working hours. We estimate a Heckman selection model for employment and hours worked. A … that employment was associated with better mental health for all women. Higher job hours were associated with lower mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882544
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The Labour Market Returns to Sleep
Costa-Font, Joan; Flèche, Sarah; Pagan, Ricardo - 2022
induced by time and local variations in sunset time. We find that a 1-hour increase in weekly sleep increases employment by 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470504
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The economics of grief
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2012
We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilize unique merged registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parents' labor market outcomes, health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289860
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The Economics of Grief
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilize unique merged registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parents' labor market outcomes, health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010595571
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'Klin'-ing Up: Effects of Polish Tax Reforms on Those In and on Those Out
Morawski, Leszek; Myck, Michal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
taxation it is important to bear in mind that one of the reasons for introducing them is to make employment more likely for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703060
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The Impact of Growth, Labour Cost and Working Time on Employment: Lessons from the French Experience
L'Horty, Yannick; Rault, Christophe - 2003
To account for employment evolutions at the macro-economic level, we propose a modelling where employment is explained … in a multivariate framework for three sets of sectors. We get a relationship in which employment rises with growth and … permits to measure retrospectively the contributions of each of the variables to employment inflections since the mid-eighties. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275663
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The rise in obesity across the Atlantic: an economic perspective
Brunello, Giorgio; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; … - 2008
We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency considerations, which are organized around three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268706
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Understanding the economic consequences of shifting trends in population health
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Goldman, Dana; Lakdawalla, Darius; … - 2009
The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity, diabetes, and other diseases could reduce life expectancy - with a concomitant decrease in the public-sector's annuity burden - but these savings may be offset by worsening...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269708
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The effectiveness of health screening
Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Hummer, Michael; Pruckner, … - 2012
Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional variations in the intensity of exposure to supply-determined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282444