"The economic success of the Roman Empire was unparalleled in the West until the early modern period. While favourable natural conditions, capital accumulation, technology and political stability all contributed, ultimately economic performance depended on the ability to mobilize, train and...

Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den Arbeitsbedingungen unterschiedlicher Berufsgruppen. Grundlage des Berichtes sind die Daten des European Survey on Working Conditions aus den Jahren 2000 und 2005. Es zeigen sich einige bemerkenswerte Unterschiede zwischen den Berufsgruppen....

This paper investigates whether education and working in a physically demanding job causally impact temporary work incapacity, i.e. sickness absence, and permanent work incapacity, i.e. the inflow to disability via sickness absence. Our contribution is to allow endogeneity of both education and...