, self-reported health, and presence of chronic illness as health measures. After controlling for initial health conditions …

, self-reported health, and presence of chronic illness as health measures. After controlling for initial health conditions …

The issue of whether employees who work more hours than they want to suffer adverse health consequences is important … question by analyzing the impact of the discrepancy between actual and desired work hours on self-perceived health outcomes in …-hour mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired hours) have negative effects on workers´ health. In particular, we show …

This study estimates the causal effect of working hours on health. We deal with the endogeneity of working hours … on subjective and several objective health measures. The effects are mainly driven by women and parents of minor children …

evidence that it is due to working hours mismatch, lower work effort, reduced leisure time or differences in health status. …

The issue of whether employees who work more hours than they want to suffer adverse health consequences is important … question by analyzing the impact of the discrepancy between actual and desired work hours on self-perceived health outcomes in …-hour mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired hours) have negative effects on workers´ health. In particular, we show …

affect workers' sleep and, consequently, their health. …

We use life satisfaction and Body Mass Index (BMI) information from three waves of the SOEP to test for social … interactions in BMI between spouses. Social interactions require that the cross-partial effect of partner's weight and own weight … the correlation between satisfaction and own BMI is initially positive, but turns negative after some threshold …

We use life satisfaction and Body Mass Index (BMI) information from three waves of the SOEP to test for social … interactions in BMI between spouses. Social interactions require that the cross-partial effect of partner's weight and own weight … the correlation between satisfaction and own BMI is initially positive, but turns negative after some threshold …

. Positive health effects as well as networking mechanisms serve as explanations for the "alcohol-income puzzle". Using …