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Item Join the Union and Be Safe : The Effects of Unionization on Occupational Safety and Health in the European Union(2015-06) Economou, Athina; Theodossiou, Ioannis; University of Aberdeen.EconomicsItem Join the Union and be Safe : The Effects of Unionisation on Occupational Safety and Health in the European Union(University of Aberdeen: Business School, 2011) Economou, Athina; Theodossiou, Ioannis; University of Aberdeen.EconomicsItem The Effect of Macroeconomic Conditions on Occupational Health and Safety : the European Experience(University of Aberdeen: Business School, 2011) Economou, Athina; Theodossiou, Ioannis; University of Aberdeen.EconomicsItem Poor and Sick : Estimating the relationship between Household Income and Health(University of Aberdeen, 2010-02) Economou, Athina; Theodossiou, IoannisThis study evaluates the effect of the individual‘s household income on their health at the later stages of working life. A structural equation model is utilised in order to derive a composite and continuous index of the latent health status from qualitative health status indicators. The endogenous relationship between health status and household income status is taken into account by using IV estimators. The findings reveal a significant effect of individual household income on health before and after endogeneity is taken into account and after a host of other factors which is known to influence health, including hereditary factors and the individual‘s locus of control. Importantly, it is also shown that the childhood socioeconomic position of the individual has long lasting effects on health as it appears to play a significant role in determining health during the later stages of working life.Item Are Recessions Harmful to Health After All? Evidence from the European Union(2007-03-07T11:22:37Z) Economou, Athina; Nikolaou, Agelike; Theodossiou, IoannisThis paper investigates the effects of national unemployment rates on overall age and cause-specific mortality rates in a panel sample of 13 European Union countries. A fixed-effects model is used to control for unobserved time-invariant characteristics within countries. In addition, controls such as lifestyle risk factors, urbanisation and medical intervention indicators, for potential confounders are used. Contrary to some recent evidence this study shows that there is a strong, positive relationship between adverse economic conditions and the mortality.Item Past Unemployment Experience and Health Status(2007-03-07T11:15:36Z) Economou, Athina; Nikolaou, Agelike; Theodossiou, IoannisThis paper explores the relationship between individual past unemployment experience and alternative measures of individual health state after controlling for a number of current characteristics and current socio-economic status. Three alternative indicators of past unemployment status are used namely; the number and the duration of past unemployment spells. The study finds a cumulative effect of prolonged past unemployment experience on current individual health status. It also finds that those who are wealthier are also healthier. Finally the different institutional and cultural frameworks prevailing across different E.U countries appear to affect the health - past unemployment experience relationship.Item Socioeconomic Status and Health Care Utilization: A Study of the Effects of Low Income, Unemployment and Hours of Work on the Demand for Health Care in the E.U.(2007-03-07T11:11:04Z) Economou, Athina; Nikolaou, Agelike; Theodossiou, IoannisThe purpose of this study is to shed light on the individual socio-economic status (SES) and demographic determinants of the demand for health care in a cross-comparison study of nine E.U. countries. It focuses on the effects of the individual employment status on alternative indicators of demand for health care that constitutes a largely unexplored area. The evidence supports the existence of an employment status- demand for health care relationship although it varies with respect to the type of health care examined and the institutional and environmental settings of the countries utilised in the study.