Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of … the two-way causal relationship between these two variables: health status influences the probability of being employed … and, at the same time, working affects the health status. Because these two variables are determined simultaneously …

health of workers, their ability to successfully combine work and life while fully mobilising their skills and abilities to …

Mental ill-health can lead to poor work performance, high sickness absence and reduced labour market participation …, resulting in considerable costs for society. Improving labour market participation of people with mental health problems … requires well-integrated policies and services across the education, employment, health and social sectors. This paper provides …

and those with access to health insurance have higher levels of subjective well-being. Time spent walking or exercising is … positively correlated with happiness, while working more than 50 hours per week or spending time on health-related activities is …

for mental health, and a detrimental impact on employability and medical costs. While these trends cannot be easily …-level policies improving access to health care and early-childhood education, state-level initiatives favouring workplace flexibility …, firm-level investments in job quality and greater attention to the health consequences of job-stress. If successfully …

France’s health-care system offers high-quality care. Average health outcomes are good, public satisfaction with the … health-care system is high, and average household out-of-pocket expenditures are low. As in other OECD countries, technology … by care providers, tackle the high spending on pharmaceuticals, strengthen the role of health insurers as purchasing …

ways to understand their health options and take more control over their health decisions. But this is not an easy task …. Professionals continue to use medical jargon, drug instructions are not always clear, and health information in clinical settings … democratising access to health information, providing new ways to improve health knowledge and support self care. Nonetheless, when …