This paper studies how unemployment affects public health costs. We use plant closure as an instrument for unemployment … because bankruptcy is unlikely to be caused by deteriorating health but has a strong impact on workers' subsequent employment …. The empirical analysis is based on an extremely rich data set with comprehensive information on various types of health …

This paper evaluates the relationship between job satisfaction and measures of health of workers using the German Socio …) cross-sectional causality problems and (b) absence of objective measures of physical health that complement self …-reported measures of health status. Not only does using the panel structure with individual fixed effects mitigate the bias from …

In this paper, the author assesses the population health effects in Malaysia of air pollution generated by a widespread … results show that the smoke haze from these fires had a deleterious effect on population health in Malaysia. …

We test whether work in childhood impacts on health. We focus on agricultural work, the dominant form of child work … level surveys. We use three indicators of health: body mass index; reported illness; and, height growth. There is clear … evidence of a healthy worker selection effect. We find little evidence of a contemporaneous impact of child work on health but …

This paper evaluates the relationship between job satisfaction and measures of health of workers over 50 using the … Swiss Household Panel (SHP) and cross-sectional data from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE … problems and (b) absence of objective measures of physical health and intellectual ability that complement self …

This paper evaluates the relationship between job satisfaction and measures of health of workers using the German Socio …) cross-sectional causality problems and (b) absence of objective measures of physical health that complement self …-reported measures of health status. Not only does using the panel structure with individual fixed effects mitigate the bias from …

biennial waves from the Health and Retirement Study. We find the dynamics of the presence of pain is central to understanding …

At present, the occupational health policies which stem from the industrial era are gripped by a deep crisis. Constant … health policies obsolete. policies that were suited to an industrial society need to be adapted to a post …