No Pain, No Gain: Work Demand, Work Effort, and Worker Health

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hummels, David; Munch, Jakob R.; Xiang, Chong
• 署名单位: Purdue University System; Purdue University; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Copenhagen
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01335
• 发表日期: 2025-07
• 页码: 898-913
• 关键词: coronary-heart-disease; recessions good; earnings losses; risk-factor; mortality; long; MARKET

摘要

We employ Danish worker-firm data to study the effect of rising workload on health. Using both within-job-spell regression analyses and cohort event studies, we show that increases in firm sales lead workers to log longer hours and experience higher probabilities of stress, depression, heart disease, and strokes, with more pronounced effects for high-risk groups such as older workers, job-strained workers, and those with long initial work hours. We calculate that the average worker's ex ante welfare loss due to higher sickness rates accounts for nearly one-quarter of her earnings gains from rising firm sales.