This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these … health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach estimates a negative and …

of sickness by age, gender, education and employment status. Employed have a significantly better health record than the … health surveys, complemented by administrative data (morbidity rates of the employed and unemployed) and data from the …

We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … physical health, and that these effects can be explained by workers fearing for their own jobs. We also show that health …

We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … physical health, and that these effects can be explained by workers fearing for their own jobs. We also show that health …

We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … and physical health, and that these effects can be explained by workers fearing for their own jobs. We also show that … health externalities due to downsizing imply non-negligible cost for firms, and that wage cuts may have similar effects. …

We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … physical health, and that these effects can be explained by workers fearing for their own jobs. We also show that health …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …