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Housing and health
Angel, Stefan; Bittschi, Benjamin - 2014
Deprived housing conditions have long been recognized as a source of poor health. Nevertheless, there is scant empirical evidence of a causal relationship between housing and health. The literature identifies two different pathways by which housing deprivation affects health, namely,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420399
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Housing and health
Angel, Stefan; Bittschi, Benjamin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Deprived housing conditions have long been recognized as a source of poor health. Nevertheless, there is scant empirical evidence of a causal relationship between housing and health. The literature identifies two different pathways by which housing deprivation affects health, namely,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957639
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The CoViD-19 pandemic and mental health: Disentangling crucial channels
Siflinger, Bettina; Paffenholz, Michaela; Seitz, Sebastian - 2021
emotional loneliness are all associated with worsening mental health. Both the initial drop and subsequent recovery are larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544976
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Human capital investment strategies in Europe
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - 2011
The paper analyses alternative investment policies and their consequences for the evolution of human capital in Europe … diversity and the other a unified Europe. Our results indicate that investments need to be directed more generally to people of … younger ages in Europe. If equality is important enough additional investment should specifically be directed to disadvantaged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304730
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Human capital investment strategies in Europe
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
The paper analyses alternative investment policies and their consequences for the evolution of human capital in Europe … diversity and the other a unified Europe. Our results indicate that investments need to be directed more generally to people of … younger ages in Europe. If equality is important enough additional investment should specifically be directed to disadvantaged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024656
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The German social long-term care insurance - structure and reform options
Arntz, Melanie; Sacchetto, Ralf; Spermann, Alexander; … - 2006
Regarding social needs in Germany long-term care is an important issue due to an ageing population. Shrinking social networks are leading to a greater need for a public long-term care system. In 1995 the social long-term care insurance was introduced in Germany which is similar in nature to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297844
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Fostering participation in digital public health interventions: The case of digital contact tracing
Rehse, Dominik; Tremöhlen, Felix - 2020
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has made all the more clear that public health is a public good. Public health interventions try to encourage contributions to this public good. Digital public health interventions are increasingly being used to complement traditional public health interventions. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387004
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Mandated sick pay: Coverage, utilization, and welfare effects
Maclean, Catherine; Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021
This paper evaluates how sick pay mandates operate at the job level in the United States. Using the National Compensation Survey and difference-in-differences models, we estimate their impact on coverage rates, sick leave use, labor costs, and non-mandated fringe benefits. Sick pay mandates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698576
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Regression discontinuity evidence on the effectiveness of the minimum legal e-cigarette purchasing age
DeSimone, Jeff; Grossman, Daniel; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2023
Increases in youth vaping rates and concerns of a new generation of nicotine addicts recently prompted an increase in the federal minimum legal purchase age (MLPA) for tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21 years. This study presents the first regression discontinuity evidence on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014426884
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Sick leave and medical leave in the United States: A categorization and recent trends
Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2024
This article reviews the current debate about sick pay mandates and medical leave in the United States. The United States is one of three industrialized countries that do not guarantee access to paid sick leave for all employees. We first provide a categorization of the different paid leave...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014515232