This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these … health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach estimates a negative and …

workers who are typically less attached to the labor market. -- health ; employment ; income …This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these …

workers who are typically less attached to the labor market. -- health ; employment ; income …This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these …

This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these … health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach estimates a negative and …

-time mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired work hours) on mental health, as measured by the Mental Component … more hours than desired) has adverse consequences for the mental health of workers in both countries. Underemployment …

-time mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired work hours) on mental health, as measured by the Mental Component … more hours than desired) has adverse consequences for the mental health of workers in both countries. Underemployment …

Health, human capital, and labor market outcomes are linked though complex connections that are not fully understood … of health shocks using administrative data from Chile. We find that (i) human capital mitigates the negative labor market … effects of health events, (ii) these alleviating effects operate through channels involving occupational choice, the frequency …

women experience longer unemployment durations and comparable hourly wage losses. Displaced expectant mothers experience …

Using Norwegian administrative register data, we assess the impact of health shocks hitting lone parents, specifically … to the deteriorating health of a parent tend to be short-lived and mostly manifest as temporary absences from work rather …

On the 1st of January 2016 the Irish National Minimum Wage increased from €8.65 to €9.15 per hour, an increase of … approximately six percent. We use a difference-in-differences estimator to evaluate whether the change in the minimum wage affected … the hours worked and likelihood of job loss of minimum wage workers. The results indicate that the increase in the minimum …