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The effect of higher education on women's obesity and smoking : evidence from college openings in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2022
This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education and body weight and smoking behavior among women in Turkey. We exploit the largely exogenous and substantial increase in the openings of universities throughout Turkey. Based on the spatial and temporal variability of university...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198942
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Economic conditions at the time of birth and cognitive abilities late in life: Evidence from eleven European countries
Doblhammer, Gabriele; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Fritze, … - 2011
. We use data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) among elderly individuals. This survey is …, socioeconomic and health status. We find that being born during a recession or boom period significantly influences cognitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280717
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Economic conditions at the time of birth and cognitive abilities late in life: Evidence from eleven European countries
Doblhammer, Gabriele; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Fritze, … - 2011
of these periods differs across countries. We apply data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE … year of birth, controlling for demographic, socioeconomic and health status. We find that economic conditions at birth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321132
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Work-related health in Europe: Are older workers more at risk?
Jones, Melanie K.; Latreille, Paul L.; Sloane, Peter J.; … - 2011
-reported health outcomes. More specifically, the paper examines whether older workers differ significantly from younger workers … regarding their job-related health risk perception, mental and physical health, sickness absence, probability of reporting … are more likely to perceive work-related health and safety risks, and to report mental, physical and fatigue health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282250
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Weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals : establishing a causal link
Reichert, Arndt R.; Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - 2015
Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282771
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Weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals : establishing a causal link
Reichert, Arndt R.; Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - 2015
Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287088
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Obesity and economic performance of young workers in Italy
Bruno, Giovanni; Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Dessy, Orietta - 2015
In this paper we explore recent ISFOL-PLUS 2006-2008-2010 data available for Italy about height and weight of young workers with the purpose of analysing the relationship between measures of obesity and measures of economic performance. Among the latter, we introduce job satisfaction, both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528768
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EU jobs at highest risk of COVID-19 social distancing: will the pandemic exacerbate labour market divide?
Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Branka, Jiri - 2020
This paper employs a skills-based approach to identify individual and job factors most likely to be impacted by social distancing measures and practices due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Using data from the Cedefop European skills and jobs survey, a Covid-19 social distancing risk index (COV19R) is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227242
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How are work-related characteristics linked to sickness absence and presenteeism? : theory and data
Arnold, Daniel; De Pinto, Marco - 2015
This paper investigates how changes in work-related factors affect workers' absence and presenteeism behavior. Previous studies (implicitly) assume that there is a substitutive relationship, i.e. a change in a work-related factor decreases the level of absence and simultaneously increases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381939
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Work-related health in Europe : are older workers more at risk?
Jones, Melanie K.; Latreille, Paul L.; Sloane, Peter J.; … - 2011
-reported health outcomes. More specifically, the paper examines whether older workers differ significantly from younger workers … regarding their job-related health risk perception, mental and physical health, sickness absence, probability of reporting … are more likely to perceive work-related health and safety risks, and to report mental, physical and fatigue health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516929