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The Long-Run Effect of Maternity Leave Benefits on Mental Health : Evidence from European Countries
Avendano, Mauricio - 2014
This paper examines whether maternity leave policies have a causal effect on women's mental health in old age. We link … data for women aged 50 and above from eight countries in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054002
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The Long-Run Effect of Maternity Leave Benefits on Mental Health : Evidence from European Countries
Avendano, Mauricio; Berkman, Lisa; Brugiavini, Agar; … - 2014
This paper examines whether maternity leave policies have a causal effect on women's mental health in old age. We link … data for women aged 50 and above from eight countries in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014145729
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Price effects of minimum wages : evidence from the construction sector in East and West Germany
Werner, Thomas; Sell, Friedrich L.; Reinisch, David C. - 2013
In this paper, the authors present a new approach to estimate the impact of a minimum wage on the labor market of the … level in order to differentiate between a competitive and a monopsonistic structured labor market. The composition of the … sector-specific labor market serves again as a basis to evaluate whether the consequences of the minimum wage can be taken as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195673
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Income support systems, labour supply incentives and employment : some cross-country evidence
Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - 2009
This paper summarizes a set of expert reports commissioned by the IFAU. The expert reports cover Estonia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These countries represent range of welfare states, both in terms of scope and design. And in each country there are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003912113
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The effects of an increase in the retirement age on health - evidence from administrative data
Barschkett, Mara; Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; … - 2021
This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort …-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and …-dimensionality in these health effects. The empirical findings reflect the multi-dimensionality but allow for deriving two broader …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705582
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Does facilitated access to the health system improve asylum-seekers' health outcomes? : evidence from a quasi-experiment
Jaschke, Philipp; Kosyakova, Yuliya - 2019
out electronic health cards (eHC) which allow immediate direct access to the health system for asylum-seekers. In this … paper, we examine whether being eligible to the eHC as a result of the policy change has had an effect on the health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011999079
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Low emission zones for better health : evidence from German hospitals
Pestel, Nico; Wozny, Florian - 2019
This paper studies health effects from restricting the access of high-emission vehicles to innercities by implementing … in urban areas and that these improvements in air quality translate into population health benefits. We find that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012310749
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Long-run labour market effects of individual sports activities
Lechner, Michael - 2008 - This version: 17 June 2008
variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual … positive long-term labour market effects in terms of earnings and wages, as well as positive effects on health and subjective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632606
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Low emission zones for better health : evidence from German hospitals
Pestel, Nico; Wozny, Florian - 2019
This paper studies health effects from restricting the access of high-emission vehicles to innercities by implementing … urban areas and that these improvements in air quality translate into population health benefits. The number of diagnoses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063116
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The Role of Social Security in Household Decisions : VAR Estimates of Saving and Fertility Behaviour in Germany
Cigno, Alessandro; Casolaro, Luca; Rosati, Furio C. - 2021
Estimating saving and fertility simultaneously by the VAR method, we find that social security cover has a positive effect on household saving, and a negative effect on fertility. In Germany, as in other countries where the hypothesis was tested, social security is thus good for growth. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321181