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High- and low-wage occupations are expanding rapidly relative to middle-wage occupations in both the U.S. and the E … aggregate trends, employment in initially middle-skill-intensive labor markets hollowed-out between 1980 and 2005. Employment … employment growth in lower-tail occupations. For college workers, employment losses at the middle were offset in roughly equal …
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This paper examines the associations between obesity, employment status and wages for several European countries. Our … results provide weak evidence that obese workers are more likely to be unemployed or tend to be more segregated in self-employment …
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This paper examines the associations between obesity, employment status and wages for several European countries. Our … results provide weak evidence that obese workers are more likely to be unemployed or tend to be more segregated in self-employment …
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and prime-aged women in employment and the wage bills of particular sectors, but reduced the shares of older women and …
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This paper investigates the causal impact of working conditions on mental health in the UK, combining new comprehensive longitudinal data on working conditions from the European Working Condition Survey with microdata from the UK Household Longitudinal Survey (Understanding Society). Our...
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High- and low-wage occupations are expanding rapidly relative to middle-wage occupations in both the U.S. and the E … aggregate trends, employment in initially middle-skill-intensive labor markets hollowed-out between 1980 and 2005. Employment … employment growth in lower-tail occupations. For college workers, employment losses at the middle were offset in roughly equal …
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We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency considerations, which are organized around three...
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We study how patterns of intergenerational residence possibly influence fatalities from Covid-19. We use aggregate data on Covid-19 deaths, the share of young adults living with their parents, and a number of other statistics, for the 27 countries in the European Union, the UK, and all US...
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A large percentage of the deaths from COVID-19 occur among residents of long-term care facilities. There are two possible reasons for this phenomenon. First, the structural features of such settings may lead to death. Alternatively, it is possible that individuals in these facilities are in...
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