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Does Working Longer Make People Healthier and Happier?
Calvo, Esteban - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
: Longitudinal data was drawn from the Health and Retirement Survey and the RAND-HRS data base for more than 6,000 individuals aged … of six measures including: self-rated health; self-rated memory; activities of daily living; instrumental activities of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616686
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The earnings losses of injured men: Accounting for injuries outside the Workers' Compensation system
Woock, Christopher - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Using individual reports of workplace injuries, I estimate the effect of injuries on the labor market earnings of men. Injured workers suffer large and persistent annual earnings losses, an average of $2,200 per year following injury. Moreover, data restrictions on previous studies resulted in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835841
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Empirical Analysis of Field Data on HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Khartoum State, Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The study focuses on the HIV/AIDS in Khartoum state during the period (2003-2007). The main objectives are to study the situation of HIV/AIDS in Khartoum state through a sample of 1439 of volunteers for the three selected blood testing and counseling centers in Khartoum, Omdurman, and Khartoum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147890
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Innovative Work Practices and Sickness Absence: What Does a Nationally Representative Employee Survey Tell?
Böckerman, Petri; Johansson, Edvard; Kauhanen, Antti - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper examines the effect of innovative work practices on the prevalence of sickness absence and accidents at work. We focus on several different aspects of workplace innovations (self-managed teams, information sharing, employer-provided training and incentive pay) along with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518082
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An Inquiry Into the Theory, Causes and Consequences of Monitoring Indicators of Health and Safety At Work
Konstantinos, Pouliakas; Ioannis, Theodossiou - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
and consequences of occupational safety and health (OSH). First, it synthesizes the available theoretical frameworks used … improve the health and safety of workers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008623469
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Job satisfaction in Italy: individual characteristics and social relations
Fiorillo, Damiano; Nappo, Nunzia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
-perceived health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025264
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Does high involvement management improve worker wellbeing?
Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Employees exposed to high involvement management (HIM) practices have higher subjective wellbeing, fewer accidents but more short absence spells than “like” employees not exposed to HIM. These results are robust to extensive work, wage and sickness absence history controls. We present a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323646
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Crime, health and wellbeing – Longitudinal evidence from Mexico
Braakmann, Nils - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
of within-community differences in victimization risk on changes in self-rated and mental health. My results from fixed … effects and instrumental variable estimations point towards substantial negative health effects of actual victimization, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260973
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Quality and quantity: the role of social interactions in individual health
Damiano, Fiorillo; Fabio, Sabatini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of … social connections is positively correlated with individual health. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional data, we test this … best predictor of health. We point out the existence of health disparities based on socio-economic status. Poorer and less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876881
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The relationship between happiness and health: evidence from Italy
Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies on a unique dataset … modelling, we find that happiness is strongly correlated with perceived good health, after controlling for a number of relevant … socio-economic phenomena. Health inequalities based on income, work status and education are relatively contained in respect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022007