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The economics of self-protection
Self-protection is a costly activity that reduces the probability of an unfavorable outcome. Even the simplest model with a binary risk of loss and expected utility of final wealth produces interesting compara...
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Open AccessInvestigating the influence of work-related stress on early labour market exit: the role of health
Early labour market exit of large birth cohorts will put pressure on the social security systems of many European countries, especially Germany. Despite political efforts, many people retire before the statuto...
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Open AccessQuality of leadership and self-rated health: the moderating role of ‘Effort–Reward Imbalance’: a longitudinal perspective
Longitudinal studies on the influence of leadership behavior on employees’ self-rated health are scarce. As a result, potential mechanisms describing the impact of leadership behavior on health have not been a...
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Open AccessOutcomes and process evaluation of a cluster-randomised participatory organisational intervention among German healthcare workers
In the present investigation the results of the outcome and process evaluation of a participatory workplace intervention are reported. The intervention aimed to increase the workers’ self-assessed physical and...
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Open AccessProbability weighting and insurance demand in a unified framework
We provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of probability weighting on optimal insurance demand in a unified framework. We identify decreasing relative overweighting as a new local condition on the prob...
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Open AccessEarly retirement intentions: the impact of employment biographies, work stress and health among a baby-boomer generation
In recent years, early retirement decisions have become more frequent in the European Union despite political efforts to prevent early retirement. This is a growing problem for the social security system. The ...
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Open AccessInformal care-giving and the intention to give up employment: the role of perceived supervisor behaviour in a cohort of German employees
Current social policies in the European Union addressing employment, retirement and long-term care are expected to result in increasing employment rates among informal carers. The present investigation contrib...
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Zum Zusammenhang psychosozialer Faktoren im Erwerbsleben mit Gesundheit und Erwerbsverbleib älterer Beschäftigter
Der demografische Wandel in Deutschland lässt den Anteil der Erwerbstätigen an der Bevölkerung schrumpfen und den Anteil der Älteren an den Erwerbsfähigen steigen. Diese Trends werden in den kommenden Jahren m...
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Open AccessThe Causal Structure of the Effort-Reward Imbalance Model and Absenteeism in a Cohort Study of German Employees
The present study contributes to previous research by assessing the validity of the causal structure of the Effort-Reward Imbalance model in relation to the psychosocial mechanisms involved in sickness absente...
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Correction to: Medical Students’ Acquaintance with Core Concepts, Institutions and Guidelines on Good Scientific Practice: A Pre- and Post-questionnaire Survey
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Who should exert more effort? Risk aversion, downside risk aversion and optimal prevention
I provide new results on how risk preferences affect optimal prevention. I identify a comparative risk aversion and a comparative downside risk aversion effect and highlight those cases where both effects are ...
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Open AccessWorking conditions of healthcare workers and clients’ satisfaction with care: study protocol and baseline results of a cluster-randomised workplace intervention
In the present investigation the study protocol and the results at baseline of a workplace intervention are reported. It is hypothesised that the reduction of the physical and psychosocial workload of healthca...
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Open AccessMedical Students’ Acquaintance with Core Concepts, Institutions and Guidelines on Good Scientific Practice: A Pre- and Post-questionnaire Survey
German medical students are not sufficiently introduced to the ethical principles and pitfalls of scientific work. Therefore, a compulsory course on good scientific practice (GSP) has been developed and implem...
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Open AccessMinimal clinically important decline in physical function over one year: EPOSA study
The Australian/Canadian hand Osteoarthritis Index (AUSCAN) and the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities knee and hip Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) are the most commonly used clinical tools to manage and mo...
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Open AccessWithin-person pain variability and physical activity in older adults with osteoarthritis from six European countries
This study examines the association of both pain severity and within-person pain variability with physical activity (PA) in older adults with osteoarthritis (OA).
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Why Is Social Isolation Among Older Adults Associated with Depressive Symptoms? The Mediating Role of Out-of-Home Physical Activity
Social networks are known to be a key factor associated with late-life depression. However, there is limited knowledge about the pathways linking social isolation to mental health. It has been proposed that he...
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Open AccessCognitive function and the agreement between self-reported and accelerometer-accessed physical activity
Numerous studies have reported weak or moderate correlations between self-reported and accelerometer-assessed physical activity. One explanation is that self-reported physical activity might be biased by demog...
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Work overcommitment: Is it a trait or a state?
Effort–reward imbalance (ERI) is a well-tested work-related stress model with three components, the two extrinsic components “efforts” and “rewards” and the one intrinsic component “overcommitment”. While an i...
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A prospective assessment of cardiac biomarkers for hemodynamic stress and necrosis and the risk of falls among older people: the ActiFE study
Falls are related to a complex interaction of risk factors. We examined if cardiac biomarkers for hemodynamic stress (N-terminal pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide—NT-proBNP), and for necrosis [high sensitive (hs)...
