We study the link between performance pay and alcohol use in Germany, a country with mandated health insurance …. Previous research from the US argues that alcohol use as a form of "self-medication" may be a natural response to the stress … conclude that even in the face of mandated health insurance, the link found in the US persists in Germany. …

We study the link between performance pay and alcohol use in Germany, a country with mandated health insurance …. Previous research from the US argues that alcohol use as a form of "self-medication" may be a natural response to the stress … conclude that even in the face of mandated health insurance, the link found in the US persists in Germany. …

worker performance through the cognitive impact of stress hormones. Using a patient census of 1.4 million patients in 624 …

costs. Such transitory costs are generally underestimated or neglected by incumbent governments. The mortality crisis … of how the transition from a low to a high socio-economic level can generate huge social costs if it is not actively …

mortality of the Arctic region. In Russia, in recent years, mortality rates are currently falling. The high mortality rate is … observed in the Arctic zone. The reason for this situation is the high level of mortality from external causes, which is one … Arctic zone. Priority directions to improve the demographic situation in the Arctic should be to reduce mortality and improve …

combines the population estimates discussed here with mortality statistics from the Spanish flu pandemic in order to …

more generally. Using a novel dataset that provides information on spatial variation in Plague mortality at the city level … population returns to high-mortality locations endowed with more rural and urban fixed factors of production. Land suitability …