We examine how sense of coherence (SOC) mediates the association between perceived neighborhood characteristics and health, using micro data collected from a nationwide Internet survey in Japan conducted in 2011 (N = 9,940). We focus on the impact of neighborhood dissatisfaction, various aspects...

Previous studies have shown that income inequality in society is negatively associated with individuals’ subjective well-being (SWB), such as their perceived happiness and self-rated health (SRH). However, it is not realistic to assume that individuals have precise information about actual...

Companies, also financial institutions, realign, redesign, restructure and downsize on anongoing basis, increasing tension in employees to survive in the work environment. Besidescoping with the impact of recessions and layoffs, employees also have to cope with increasedworkloads and the...

Die Annahme, dass Partizipation - verstanden als Entscheidungsteilhabe - sich positiv auf gesundheitsrelevante Ressourcen von Individuen und Gruppen auswirkt, prägt bereits heute das Vorgehen in vielen gesellschaftlichen Praxisfeldern wie z.B. in der Gesundheitsförderung und zum Teil auch in...

Die Annahme, dass Partizipation - verstanden als Entscheidungsteilhabe - sich positiv auf gesundheitsrelevante Ressourcen von Individuen und Gruppen auswirkt, prägt bereits heute das Vorgehen in vielen gesellschaftlichen Praxisfeldern wie z.B. in der Gesundheitsförderung und zum Teil auch in...

In this paper I evaluate a labor market reform in Germany. In particular, I analyze whether the introduction of the general minimum wage in 2015 had an effect on self-rated health and labor market outcomes of individuals who were likely affected by the reform. I exploit the plausibly exogenous...

In this paper we analyze whether the introduction of the general minimum wage in Germany in 2015 had an effect on workers' self-rated health. To study this question, we use survey-data linked to administrative employment records and apply difference-in-difference regressions combined with...

To our knowledge, no comprehensive, interdisciplinary initiatives have been taken to examine the role of genetic variants on patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes. The overall objective of this paper is to describe the establishment of an international and interdisciplinary consortium, the...

Economic theory stresses the importance of adverse selection in competitive insurance markets. The empirical evidence for adverse selection in different health-related insurance markets, however, is mixed. This study evaluates whether different degrees of private information left after different...