Stress is associated with sleep problems. And poor sleep is linked with mental health and depression symptoms. The … stress associated with immigrant status and immigration policy can directly affect mental health. While previous studies have … documented a significant relationship between immigration policy and the physical and mental health of immigrants, we know little …

Stress is associated with sleep problems. And poor sleep is linked with mental health and depression symptoms. The … stress associated with immigrant status and immigration policy can directly affect mental health. While previous studies have … documented a significant relationship between immigration policy and the physical and mental health of immigrants, we know little …

We analyze the causal effect of retirement on mental health, exploiting differences in retirement eligibility ages … across countries and over time using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. We estimate not only … mental health distribution. We find unequally distributed protective effects of retirement on mental health. These gains are …

We estimate the effect of BMI on mental health for young adults and elderly individuals using data from the National … Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the Health & Retirement Study. To tackle confounding due to unobserved factors, we … attainment) that may invalidate this IV. We find a large statistically significant effect of BMI on mental health for the elderly …

Drawing upon theoretical insights from the Job Demand-Control model, which links occupational characteristics to health …, this paper provides the first causal evidence of the physical and mental health consequences of self … self-employment (opportunity entrepreneurship) lead to health enhancements for entrepreneurs with and without employees …

In this paper, I introduce depression to the economics of human health and aging. Based on studies from happiness … fundamentals. The model is used to explain how untreated depression leads to unhealthy behavior and adverse health outcomes …: depressed individuals are predicted to save less, invest less in their health, consume more unhealthy goods, and exercise less …

Stress is associated with sleep problems and poor sleep is linked to mental health and depression symptoms. The stress … associated with immigrant status and immigration policy can directly affect mental health. While previous studies have documented … the significant relationship between immigration policy and the physical and mental health of immigrants, we know little …

This paper investigates the relationship between partner's mental health and individual life satisfaction, using a …'s mental health and to calculate the Compensating Income Variation (CIV) of them. To the best of our knowledge, this is the … first paper to study the effect of partner's mental health on individual's wellbeing and to measure the impact of reduced …

This paper combines German claims and survey data to provide a comprehensive picture of the health dynamics surrounding … the transition into motherhood. Event-study estimates reveal good mental health around birth, but declines afterward, as … Gesundheitsdynamik rund um die Mutterschaft darzustellen. Event-Study-Schätzungen zeigen eine gute psychische Gesundheit unmittelbar vor …