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This is the first study to evaluate the effects of early pension withdrawal policies on tenures on unemployment payments in the COVID-19 context. We use a novel set of linked whole-of-population administrative records to examine more than half-a-million Australians who found themselves newly on...
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and consequences of occupational safety and health (OSH). First, it synthesizes the available theoretical frameworks used … portray the state of OSH infrastructure (social security expenditure, prevention, regulations), inputs (chemical and physical … improve the health and safety of workers. …
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We study the impact on road safety of one-day massive speed limit monitoring operations (SLMO) accompanied by media …
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distance to school and their safety when commuting to school. In Zambia, we studied the impact of providing a bicycle to a …
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In this paper, we develop a theoretical model of worker investment in safety. Standard theory assumes that injury risk … individual safety investments that reduce the risk of injury. This results in a negative association between individual injury … safety. In line with our model predictions, we find a significant positive compensating wage differential (CWD) for nonfatal …
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In this paper, we develop a theoretical model of worker investment in safety. Standard theory assumes that injury risk … individual safety investments that reduce the risk of injury. This results in a negative association between individual injury … safety. In line with our model predictions, we find a significant positive compensating wage differential (CWD) for nonfatal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010666574
and consequences of occupational safety and health (OSH). First, it synthesizes the available theoretical frameworks used … portray the state of OSH infrastructure (social security expenditure, prevention, regulations), inputs (chemical and physical … improve the health and safety of workers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480916
For all climatic regions, mortality due to cold exceeds mortality due to heat. We examine whether cold-related mortality in adulthood varies positively with unusually benign ambient temperature during gestation, using data on over 13,500 Swedes from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study born in...
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migration response to climate shocks and the mitigating impact of an agricultural cash-transfer program (PROCAMPO) and a …
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primary care may be a useful means of mitigating harm from a warming climate. …
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