1. Workplace health promotion and labour market performance of employees.
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Huber, Martin, Lechner, Michael, and Wunsch, Conny
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INDUSTRIAL hygiene , *HEALTH promotion , *LABOR market , *ORGANIZATIONAL performance , *INDUSTRIAL relations , *PANEL analysis , *COMPARATIVE studies , *COST control , *DECISION making , *DEMOGRAPHY , *JOB satisfaction , *LABOR turnover , *MANAGEMENT , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *HEALTH policy , *OCCUPATIONAL health services , *PROBABILITY theory , *RESEARCH , *EVALUATION research , *SICK leave , *ECONOMICS - Abstract
This paper investigates the average effects of firm-provided workplace health promotion measures on labour market outcomes of the firms' employees. Exploiting linked employer-employee panel data that consist of rich survey-based and administrative information on firms, workers and regions, we apply a flexible propensity score matching approach that controls for selection on observables and time-constant unobserved factors. While the effects of analysing sickness absenteeism appear to be rather limited, our results suggest that health circles/courses increase tenure and job stability across various age groups. A key finding is that health circles/courses strengthen the labour force attachment of elderly employees (51-60), implying potential cost savings for public transfer schemes such as unemployment insurance or early retirement schemes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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