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Unpacking Youth Unemployment in Latin America
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Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington, D.C., The World Bank,

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High youth unemployment rates may be a signal of difficult labor market entry for youth or may reflect high churning. The European and United States literature finds the latter conclusion while the Latin American literature suggests the former. This paper uses panel data to examine whether Latin American youth follow OECD patterns or are, indeed, unique. By decomposing transition matrices into propensity to move and rate of separation matrices and estimating duration matrices, the authors find that Latin American youth do follow the OECD trends: their high unemployment reflects high churning while their duration of unemployment is similar to that of non-youth. The paper also finds that young adults (age 19-24) have higher churning rates than youth; most churning occurs between informal wage employment, unemployment, and out-of-the labor force, even for non-poor youth; and unemployment probabilities are similar for men and women when the analysis control for greater churning by young men. The findings suggest that the "first employment" programs that have become popular in the region are not addressing the key constraints to labor market entry for young people and that more attention should be given to job matching, information, and signaling to improve the efficiency of the churning period.


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Forgone Earnings From Smoking : Evidence For A Developing Country
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Year: 2006 Publisher: Washington, D.C., The World Bank,

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The authors estimate the economic losses related to the negative effect of smoking on wages in a context of a developing country. Using data from the 2005 Albania Living Standards Monitoring Survey, they jointly estimate a system of three equations: the smoking decision and two separate wage equations for smokers and nonsmokers. The results show that, after controlling for observed characteristics and taking into account unobserved heterogeneity in personal characteristics, smoking has a substantial negative impact on wages. On average smokers' wages are 20 percent lower than the wages of similar nonsmokers, providing strong evidence for the potential policy relevance of tobacco control initiatives for developing countries.

Gender equality and investments in adolescents in the rural Philippines.
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ISBN: 0896291111 Year: 1998 Publisher: Washington : IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute),

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Third World: agricultural and food problems --- Teaching --- Age group sociology --- Income --- Philippines --- Politique agricole --- Agricultural policies --- Jeune travailleur --- Young workers --- Agriculture à temps partiel --- Part time farming --- Secteur aval de l'agriculture --- Postagricultural sector --- Investissement --- investment --- Répartition des revenus --- Income distribution --- Éducation --- education --- Santé publique --- public health --- Education --- -Household surveys --- Rural families --- -Rural poor --- -Teenagers --- -305 --- <599> --- Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Youth --- Rural poor --- Rural poverty --- Poor --- Farm families --- Families --- Surveys, Household --- Surveys --- Census --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Training --- Economic aspects --- -Health and hygiene --- -Nutrition --- -Genderstudies. Rol van de sekse. Gender. Personen vanuit interdisciplinair gezichtspunt --- De Filippijnen --- Economic conditions --- Household surveys --- Teenagers --- Health and hygiene --- Nutrition. --- <599> De Filippijnen --- 305 Genderstudies. Rol van de sekse. Gender. Personen vanuit interdisciplinair gezichtspunt --- Genderstudies. Rol van de sekse. Gender. Personen vanuit interdisciplinair gezichtspunt --- 305 --- Nutrition --- education. --- Developing countries: agricultural and food problems


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Why are the Elderly more Averse to Immigration When They are More Likely to Benefit? : Evidence across Countries
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Year: 2016 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,

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Using household surveys for 24 countries over a 10-year period, this paper investigates why the elderly are more averse to open immigration policies than their younger peers. The analysis finds that the negative correlation between age and pro-immigration attitudes is mostly explained by a cohort or generational change. In fact, once controlling for year of birth, the correlation between age and pro-immigration attitudes is either positive or zero in most of the countries in the sample. Under certain assumptions, the estimates suggest that aging societies will tend to become less averse to open immigration regimes over time.


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Using Total Worker Health (R) to Advance Worker Health and Safety
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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It is now recognized that workplace aspects (scheduling, shift work, physically demanding work, chemical exposure) not only increase the risk of injury and illness, but also impact health behaviors (smoking, physical activity) and health outcomes (sleep disorders and fatigue, obesity, musculoskeletal disorders). In turn, ill health and chronic conditions can affect performance at work, increasing risk for injury, absenteeism, and reduced productivity. In the past few decades, programs that expand the traditional focus of occupational safety and health to consider nontraditional work-related sources of health and well-being have been shown to be more effective than programs that separately address these issues. This Total Worker Health approach has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a method for protecting the safety and health of workers, while also advancing the overall well-being of these workers by addressing work conditions. This compendium presents work from an international collection of scholars exploring the relationship between workplace factors and worker safety, health, and well-being. It provides guidance for improving the organization and design of work environments, innovative strategies for promoting worker well-being, and novel methods for exposing underlying occupational causes of chronic disease.

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Humanities --- Social interaction --- workplace bullying --- quality of life --- occupational health --- work-to-family conflict --- Korean workplaces --- organizational intervention --- health promotion --- injury prevention --- musculoskeletal --- ergonomics --- mixed-methods study --- construction industry --- safety management --- health risk behaviors --- workplace safety --- safety leadership --- health promoting leadership --- safety programs --- health protection --- leadership --- qualitative study --- Perceived Occupational Health (POH) --- Job Demands-Control-Social Support (JD-R) model --- professional accountants --- work organization --- dirty work --- moral leadership --- taint normalization --- management consulting --- burnout --- psychometric properties --- nursing --- workforce demographics --- home care workers --- workplace --- occupational --- safety --- health --- well-being --- dissemination --- cognitive demands --- employee well-being --- working conditions --- job satisfaction --- wellbeing --- wellbeing misalignment --- Millennials --- work stress --- productivity --- impairment cost --- stress management --- employee characteristics --- workplace health promotion --- health and safety --- cardiovascular disease --- work environment --- social capital --- trust --- Total Worker Health® --- health behaviors --- job stress --- occupational safety and health --- worker well-being --- turnover --- employment duration --- occupational injury --- manufacturing --- newly-hired workers --- occupational wellbeing --- performance --- happy-productive worker --- total worker health --- breastfeeding --- industry --- workplace accommodations --- work culture --- work policy --- occupational health surveillance --- young workers --- training --- MTurk --- likeability --- behavior change --- Total Worker Health --- participatory methods --- program implementation --- organizational readiness --- process evaluation --- logic model --- workplace health management --- occupational health and safety --- company reintegration management --- return to work --- cross-sectional survey --- Germany --- adolescent --- hypertension --- blood pressure --- Hispanic --- work --- farmworker --- integration --- participatory workplace program --- process fidelity --- program impact --- sustainability --- workplace health --- wellness --- governance --- planning --- barriers --- survey --- ACA --- precarious work --- action learning --- technical assistance --- community-university partnership --- policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change


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Using Total Worker Health (R) to Advance Worker Health and Safety
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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It is now recognized that workplace aspects (scheduling, shift work, physically demanding work, chemical exposure) not only increase the risk of injury and illness, but also impact health behaviors (smoking, physical activity) and health outcomes (sleep disorders and fatigue, obesity, musculoskeletal disorders). In turn, ill health and chronic conditions can affect performance at work, increasing risk for injury, absenteeism, and reduced productivity. In the past few decades, programs that expand the traditional focus of occupational safety and health to consider nontraditional work-related sources of health and well-being have been shown to be more effective than programs that separately address these issues. This Total Worker Health approach has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a method for protecting the safety and health of workers, while also advancing the overall well-being of these workers by addressing work conditions. This compendium presents work from an international collection of scholars exploring the relationship between workplace factors and worker safety, health, and well-being. It provides guidance for improving the organization and design of work environments, innovative strategies for promoting worker well-being, and novel methods for exposing underlying occupational causes of chronic disease.

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workplace bullying --- quality of life --- occupational health --- work-to-family conflict --- Korean workplaces --- organizational intervention --- health promotion --- injury prevention --- musculoskeletal --- ergonomics --- mixed-methods study --- construction industry --- safety management --- health risk behaviors --- workplace safety --- safety leadership --- health promoting leadership --- safety programs --- health protection --- leadership --- qualitative study --- Perceived Occupational Health (POH) --- Job Demands-Control-Social Support (JD-R) model --- professional accountants --- work organization --- dirty work --- moral leadership --- taint normalization --- management consulting --- burnout --- psychometric properties --- nursing --- workforce demographics --- home care workers --- workplace --- occupational --- safety --- health --- well-being --- dissemination --- cognitive demands --- employee well-being --- working conditions --- job satisfaction --- wellbeing --- wellbeing misalignment --- Millennials --- work stress --- productivity --- impairment cost --- stress management --- employee characteristics --- workplace health promotion --- health and safety --- cardiovascular disease --- work environment --- social capital --- trust --- Total Worker Health® --- health behaviors --- job stress --- occupational safety and health --- worker well-being --- turnover --- employment duration --- occupational injury --- manufacturing --- newly-hired workers --- occupational wellbeing --- performance --- happy-productive worker --- total worker health --- breastfeeding --- industry --- workplace accommodations --- work culture --- work policy --- occupational health surveillance --- young workers --- training --- MTurk --- likeability --- behavior change --- Total Worker Health --- participatory methods --- program implementation --- organizational readiness --- process evaluation --- logic model --- workplace health management --- occupational health and safety --- company reintegration management --- return to work --- cross-sectional survey --- Germany --- adolescent --- hypertension --- blood pressure --- Hispanic --- work --- farmworker --- integration --- participatory workplace program --- process fidelity --- program impact --- sustainability --- workplace health --- wellness --- governance --- planning --- barriers --- survey --- ACA --- precarious work --- action learning --- technical assistance --- community-university partnership --- policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change


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Using Total Worker Health (R) to Advance Worker Health and Safety
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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It is now recognized that workplace aspects (scheduling, shift work, physically demanding work, chemical exposure) not only increase the risk of injury and illness, but also impact health behaviors (smoking, physical activity) and health outcomes (sleep disorders and fatigue, obesity, musculoskeletal disorders). In turn, ill health and chronic conditions can affect performance at work, increasing risk for injury, absenteeism, and reduced productivity. In the past few decades, programs that expand the traditional focus of occupational safety and health to consider nontraditional work-related sources of health and well-being have been shown to be more effective than programs that separately address these issues. This Total Worker Health approach has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a method for protecting the safety and health of workers, while also advancing the overall well-being of these workers by addressing work conditions. This compendium presents work from an international collection of scholars exploring the relationship between workplace factors and worker safety, health, and well-being. It provides guidance for improving the organization and design of work environments, innovative strategies for promoting worker well-being, and novel methods for exposing underlying occupational causes of chronic disease.

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Humanities --- Social interaction --- workplace bullying --- quality of life --- occupational health --- work-to-family conflict --- Korean workplaces --- organizational intervention --- health promotion --- injury prevention --- musculoskeletal --- ergonomics --- mixed-methods study --- construction industry --- safety management --- health risk behaviors --- workplace safety --- safety leadership --- health promoting leadership --- safety programs --- health protection --- leadership --- qualitative study --- Perceived Occupational Health (POH) --- Job Demands-Control-Social Support (JD-R) model --- professional accountants --- work organization --- dirty work --- moral leadership --- taint normalization --- management consulting --- burnout --- psychometric properties --- nursing --- workforce demographics --- home care workers --- workplace --- occupational --- safety --- health --- well-being --- dissemination --- cognitive demands --- employee well-being --- working conditions --- job satisfaction --- wellbeing --- wellbeing misalignment --- Millennials --- work stress --- productivity --- impairment cost --- stress management --- employee characteristics --- workplace health promotion --- health and safety --- cardiovascular disease --- work environment --- social capital --- trust --- Total Worker Health® --- health behaviors --- job stress --- occupational safety and health --- worker well-being --- turnover --- employment duration --- occupational injury --- manufacturing --- newly-hired workers --- occupational wellbeing --- performance --- happy-productive worker --- total worker health --- breastfeeding --- industry --- workplace accommodations --- work culture --- work policy --- occupational health surveillance --- young workers --- training --- MTurk --- likeability --- behavior change --- Total Worker Health --- participatory methods --- program implementation --- organizational readiness --- process evaluation --- logic model --- workplace health management --- occupational health and safety --- company reintegration management --- return to work --- cross-sectional survey --- Germany --- adolescent --- hypertension --- blood pressure --- Hispanic --- work --- farmworker --- integration --- participatory workplace program --- process fidelity --- program impact --- sustainability --- workplace health --- wellness --- governance --- planning --- barriers --- survey --- ACA --- precarious work --- action learning --- technical assistance --- community-university partnership --- policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change --- workplace bullying --- quality of life --- occupational health --- work-to-family conflict --- Korean workplaces --- organizational intervention --- health promotion --- injury prevention --- musculoskeletal --- ergonomics --- mixed-methods study --- construction industry --- safety management --- health risk behaviors --- workplace safety --- safety leadership --- health promoting leadership --- safety programs --- health protection --- leadership --- qualitative study --- Perceived Occupational Health (POH) --- Job Demands-Control-Social Support (JD-R) model --- professional accountants --- work organization --- dirty work --- moral leadership --- taint normalization --- management consulting --- burnout --- psychometric properties --- nursing --- workforce demographics --- home care workers --- workplace --- occupational --- safety --- health --- well-being --- dissemination --- cognitive demands --- employee well-being --- working conditions --- job satisfaction --- wellbeing --- wellbeing misalignment --- Millennials --- work stress --- productivity --- impairment cost --- stress management --- employee characteristics --- workplace health promotion --- health and safety --- cardiovascular disease --- work environment --- social capital --- trust --- Total Worker Health® --- health behaviors --- job stress --- occupational safety and health --- worker well-being --- turnover --- employment duration --- occupational injury --- manufacturing --- newly-hired workers --- occupational wellbeing --- performance --- happy-productive worker --- total worker health --- breastfeeding --- industry --- workplace accommodations --- work culture --- work policy --- occupational health surveillance --- young workers --- training --- MTurk --- likeability --- behavior change --- Total Worker Health --- participatory methods --- program implementation --- organizational readiness --- process evaluation --- logic model --- workplace health management --- occupational health and safety --- company reintegration management --- return to work --- cross-sectional survey --- Germany --- adolescent --- hypertension --- blood pressure --- Hispanic --- work --- farmworker --- integration --- participatory workplace program --- process fidelity --- program impact --- sustainability --- workplace health --- wellness --- governance --- planning --- barriers --- survey --- ACA --- precarious work --- action learning --- technical assistance --- community-university partnership --- policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change

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