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Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014

Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...

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How common are bad bosses?

Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2018

people promoted to be managers, team leaders, and supervisors? Gallup data and the famous Peter Principle both suggest that …

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Physical pain, gender, and the state of the economy in 146 nations

Macchia, Lucía; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2021

Rationale: Physical pain is one of the most severe of human experiences. It is thus one of the most important to understand. Objective: This paper reports the first cross-country study of the links between physical pain and the state of the economy. A key issue examined is how the level of pain...

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How does marriage affect physical and psychological health? A survey of the longitudinal evidence

Wilson, Chris M.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2005

This paper examines an accumulating modern literature on the health benefits of relationships like marriage. Although … and disciplines, that there is persuasive longitudinal evidence for such effects. The size of the health gain from …

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Do people become healthier after being promoted?

Boyce, Christopher J.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2008

as a whole, promotees do not exhibit a health improvement after promotion. Instead the data suggest that workers with … good health are more likely to be promoted. In the private sector, we find that job promotion significantly worsens people …

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