Multidisciplinary Initiatives: Recent submissions
-
Mental health and productivity at work: Does what you do matter?
Published 2017Much of the economic cost of mental illness stems from workers’ reduced productivity. Using nationally representative panel data we analyze the links between mental health and two alternative workplace productivity measures ...Open AccessArticle -
Locus of control and internal migration
Published 2019We model migration across domestic labor markets (internal migration) as the outcome of a job search process in which job seekers form subjective beliefs about the return search effort that are related to their locus of ...Open AccessArticle -
Childhood homelessness and adult employment: the role of education, incarceration, and welfare receipt
Published 2017This paper examines the long-run employment consequences of experiencing homelessness in childhood rather than later in life. We use novel panel data that link survey and administrative data for a sample of disadvantaged ...Open AccessArticle -
The reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and employment status
Published 2019This paper analyzes the reciprocal lagged relationship between depressive symptoms and employment status. We find that severe depressive symptoms contribute to a 25.6% increase in subsequent non-employment rates, a 20.7% ...Open AccessArticle -
Lives saved during economic downturns: Evidence from Australia
Published 2021Worldwide, countries have been restricting work and social activities to counter the emerging public health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. These measures have caused dramatic increases in unemployment. Some ...Article