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An empirical assessment of workload and migrants' health in Germany
Ingwersen, Kai; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2020
influence on individual health in this context. We consider differences in workload and related health status for migrants and …Workload and its physical and mental burden can have detrimental effects on individual health. As different jobs are … occupational choice and health behaviour, surprisingly little research so far has been devoted to workload differences and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389101
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An Empirical Assessment of Workload and Migrants' Health in Germany
Ingwersen, Kai; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2021
influence on individual health in this context. We consider differences in workload and related health status for migrants and …Workload and its physical and mental burden can have detrimental effects on individual health. As different jobs are … occupational choice and health behaviour, surprisingly little research so far has been devoted to workload differences and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314742
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Adverse working conditions and immigrants' physical health and depression outcomes : a longitudinal study in Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
Τhe study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610894
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Adverse working conditions and immigrants' physical health and depression outcomes: a longitudinal study in Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
The study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612599
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Adverse Working Conditions and Immigrants' Physical Health and Depression Outcomes : a Longitudinal Study in Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2022
The study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014087392
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Do immigrants squeeze natives out of bad schedules? : evidence from Italy
Osea, Giuntella - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
This paper documents the effect of immigrant concentration on natives’ work schedules. I show that immigrants are more likely to work at non‐standard hours (i.e. evenings, nights and Sundays) and that a higher proportion of immigrants in the local labor market is associated with a lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009758859
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Do immigrants work in worse jobs than US natives? : evidence from California
Zavodny, Madeline - 2014
In the debate over immigration reform, it is frequently asserted that immigrants take jobs that U.S. natives do not want. Using data from the 2000 Census merged with O*NET data on occupation characteristics, I show that the jobs held by immigrants are more physically arduous than the jobs held...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010381863
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Immigrants in risky occupations
Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - 2012
This chapter reviews the economics literature on immigrant-native differentials in occupational risk. It begins by briefly explaining the theory of compensating wage differentials. It then provides a more detailed discussion of the empirical evidence on the subject, which reaches several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009558950
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Do Immigrants Work in Worse Jobs than U.S. Natives? Evidence from California
Zavodny, Madeline - 2014
In the debate over immigration reform, it is frequently asserted that immigrants take jobs that U.S. natives do not want. Using data from the 2000 Census merged with O*NET data on occupation characteristics, I show that the jobs held by immigrants are more physically arduous than the jobs held...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050614
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Racial Prejudice in the Workplace and Firm Revenue
Hacamo, Isaac - 2022
What is the impact on firm revenue after prospective employees learn about incidents of racial prejudice in the workplace? Using job reviews for major U.S. stores and exploiting variation on reviews published during busy days, this paper shows that reporting one incident of workplace racial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013296724