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 --...

This paper examines the sources of expenditure growth in heart attack treatment. We first show that essentially all of cost growth is a result of the diffusion of particular intensive technologies; the prices paid for a given level of technology have been constant or falling over time. We then...

This paper presents results based on a survey fielded in the RAND American Life Panel that queried older workers about their current, desired, and expected job characteristics, and about how certain job characteristics would affect their retirement. Having access to flexible work hours was found...

We provide some of the first empirical evidence of maternal and fetal health effects of working during pregnancy by using a unique dataset from the New Jersey Department of Health that includes information not only on pregnancy and birth outcomes but also on maternal employment. We match the...

A potential contributor to socioeconomic disparities in academic performance is the difference in the level of stress experienced by students outside of school. Chronic stress - due to neighborhood violence, poverty, or family instability - can affect how individuals' bodies respond to stressors...

We test whether increasing cash-on-hand raises the productivity of poor workers. Our motivation is psychological. Concerns about money can create mental burdens such as worry, stress, or sadness. These in turn could interfere with the ability to work effectively. We empirically test for this...

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected American children, including disruptions to their care and school settings. Children attending in-person child care or school have contended with unpredictable closures and time in remote school, which in turn is subject to its own types of...

To analyze the effect of health on work, many studies use a simple self-assessed health measure based upon a question such as "do you have an impairment or health problem limiting the kind or amount of work you can do?" A possible drawback of such a measure is the possibility that different...