Health and labor markets

A country's economic productivity is directly related to the health of its workforce. Thus, how a nation allocates resources to the physical health of its population is of vital importance in establishing the economic well-being of its citizens.This volume contains nine original and innovative...

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Other Authors Polachek, Solomon W. (Editor), Tatsiramos, Konstantinos (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
SeriesResearch in labor economics ; v. 47.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781789738612
9781789738636
ISSN0147-9121 ;
DOI10.1108/S0147-9121201947
Physical Description1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages) ; cm.

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Health and the wage rate: cause, effect, both, or neither? New evidence on an old question
  • Women's labor market participation after an adverse health event
  • Job insecurity and older workers' mental health in the United States
  • Diabetes morbidity after displacement
  • The effect of disenrollment from Medicaid on employment, insurance coverage, and health and health care utilization
  • The incentive effects of sickness absence compensation analysis of a natural experiment in eastern Europe
  • The role of employer-provided sick pay in Britain and Norway
  • Us employment and opioids: is there a connection?
  • Parental migration decisions and child health outcomes: evidence from China.