The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a spouse's health shock on own risk attitudes. A spouse …'s health shock (i.e., the occurrence of a severe disease) can influence own expectations about the probability of falling ill …, a health shock may act as a wake-up call to enjoy life and may increase risk willingness. Using German Socio Economic …

Little is known on the effects of inheritances on the working behavior of heirs. Using panel data for Germany, we find … jedoch nur wenige empirische Untersuchungen. Mit Hilfe eines Paneldatensatzes für Deutschland finden wir bei Erbschaften von … restringiert wird. Im Gegensatz zu vorangegangenen Untersuchungen passt der Lebenspartner des Erben sein Arbeitsangebot aber nicht …

on being in employment. This paper surveys recent tax-benefit reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, The UK, France …

die vergangene Dekade im deutschen Arbeitsmarkt deutlich, dass der Aufbau zusätzlicher Beschäftigung durch eine … verbesserte Erwerbsintegration ein bedeutsamer Schlüssel zur wirtschaftlichen Dynamik ist. Der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt kann auf eine … Erwerbspersonenpotenzial in Deutschland in der nächsten Dekade aus. Ein sinkendes gesamtwirtschaftliches Arbeitsvolumen schwächt das …

We use data from time-use surveys and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to analyze the relationship between … finding has important gender equality implications. Also, in a region that is aging faster than any other in the world, social …

able to be educated and work. In this study, we estimated the effects of health indicators on labor supply. We used labor … the fertility rate decreased the female labor supply, but increased the male labor supply. However, public health … not with male labor supply. Besides, out of pocket health expenditures had a negative relationship with male labor supply …

This study explores the differential impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep by children … regression model to estimate the causal impact of weather, we find that unfavourable weather conditions, as measured by cold or … weather conditions have little impact on children’s sleep time or the time allocation of their parents. We also find …

disciplines. The sec-ond part summarises parts of the epidemiological literature on health effects and the eco-nomic literature on …

psychological buffer against health shocks in adulthood. To identify behavioural differences in labour supply, I focus on a selected … group of full-time employed men of working age and similar health. Men with negative control beliefs, relative to men with … positive beliefs, are 230-290% more likely to work part-time or drop out of the labour market after a health shock. In old age …

This study aims to better understand the causal links between health and labor income among middle-aged and older … adults. Much of the literature on health and employment consists of studies using data on young or working-age adults for the … heterogeneity of the results across demographic and socioeconomic groups. The sample is stratified by gender, age, urban-rural areas …