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 …

as a whole, promotees do not exhibit a health improvement after promotion. Instead the data suggest that workers with … good health are more likely to be promoted. In the private sector, we find that job promotion significantly worsens people …

-quality panel data we estimate pre- and post-promotion effects on job attributes, physical health, mental health and life … stress, income and hours worked. However, despite these large effects on job attributes, we find that promotions have … negligible effects on workers' health and happiness. Only mental health seems affected, with estimates suggesting significant …

This paper evaluates the relationship between job satisfaction and measures of health ofworkers using the German Socio …) cross-sectionalcausality problems and (b) absence of objective measures of physical health thatcomplement self …-reported measures of health status.... …

-quality panel data we estimate pre- and post-promotion effects on job attributes, physical health, mental health and life … stress, income and hours worked. However, despite these large effects on job attributes, we find that promotions have … negligible effects on workers' health and happiness. Only mental health seems affected, with estimates suggesting significant …