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Suicidal Behavior and the Labor Market Productivity of Young Adults
Tekin, Erdal; Markowitz, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
suicide thoughts and suicide attempts decrease the hourly wage rate and the probability that a young adult individual works … effects of suicide thoughts and suicide attempts on the work and schooling activities of young adults as well as on their … hourly wage rates. The richness of the data set allows us to implement several strategies to control for unobserved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761885
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Labor Market Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Nutritional Deficiency: Evidence from Administrative Data on Muslim Immigrants in Denmark
Schultz-Nielsen, Marie Louise; Tekin, Erdal; Greve, Jane - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
males, including employment status, annual salary, hourly wage rate, and hours of work. Our findings indicate that potential … lower likelihood of employment, a lower salary, and reduced labor supply, but not necessarily a lower wage rate. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095510
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The training and job decisions of nurses: the first year of a longitudinal study investigating nurse recruitment and retention. CHERE Working Paper 2012/02
Kenny, Patricia; Doiron, Denise; Hall, Jane; Street, … - Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation … - 2012
Understanding the employment choices and preferences of new entrants to the nursing profession is an important element … such as age, family structure, education and health in nurses? employment choices. In addition to studying actual choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678184
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Economic Status, Air Quality, and Child Health: Evidence from Inversion Episodes
Jans, Jenny; Johansson, Per; Nilsson, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
On normal days, the temperature decreases with altitude, allowing air pollutants to rise and disperse. During inversion episodes, a warmer air layer at higher altitude traps pollutants close to the ground. We show how readily available NASA satellite data on vertical temperature profiles can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990938
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Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services
Huckman, Robert S.; Clark, Jonathan R.; Staats, Bradley R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
The ongoing fragmentation of work has resulted in a narrowing of tasks into smaller pieces that can be sent outside the organization and, in many instances, around the world. This trend is shifting the boundaries of organizations and leading to increased outsourcing. Though the consolidation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951030
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What Do We Know About Short and Long Term Effects of Early Life Exposure to Pollution?
Currie, Janet; Graff Zivin, Joshua; Mullins, Jamie; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Pollution exposure early in life is detrimental to near-term health and an increasing body of evidence suggests that early childhood health influences health and human capital outcomes later in life. This paper reviews the economic research that brings these two literatures together. We begin...
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The Relationship between Stress and Social Capital among Police Officers
Gächter, Martin; Savage, David; Torgler, Benno - School of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2009
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social capital in reducing the negative externalities associated with stress, as well as the physical and psychological indicators of stress among police officers. Despite the fact that there is a large multidisciplinary literature on stress or on social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015197
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Genetic Markers as Instrumental Variables
Scholder, Stephanie von Hinke Kessler; Smith, George Davey - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2011
The use of genetic markers as instrumental variables (IV) is receiving increasing attention from epidemiologists, economists, statisticians and social scientists. This paper examines the conditions that need to be met for genetic variants to be used as instruments. Although these have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370149
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Emigration of Skilled Labor under Risk Aversion: The Case of Medical Doctors from Middle Eastern and North African Economies
Driouchi, Ahmed; Kadiri, Molk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This is a contribution to the new economics of skilled labor emigration that focuses on the mobility of medical doctors from sending Middle East and North African countries. Economic models under risk neutrality and aversion are used. The findings show that the relative expected benefits and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008595632
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Retaining the Thin Blue Line: What Shapes Workers' Intentions not to Quit the Current Work Environment
Martin G?chter; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für … - 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of police officers' intentions to quit their current department. For this purpose, we analysed US survey data that included a large set of police officers from the Baltimore Police Department in Maryland. Our results indicate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008599218