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Health Economics

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Theory

Health-Damaging Inputs, Workers Health Status and Productivity Measurement

In many sectors technological conditions of firm production require the use of specific inputs that are at the same time hazardous for firm workers. Safety rules on the application of these health damaging inputs are not always followed. This in turn implies that firms suffer from important productivity losses due to deterioration of their human capital.

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Policy

Health Impairments, Work Limitations and Earnings

Distinguishing between healthy and heath-impaired employees who have or do not have work limitations, the unobserved productivity effect of health is separated from discrimination.

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Applied Research

Labour Discrimination a Symptom of HIV Experimental Evaluation: The Greek Case

In the current study having considered the fundamental points the first ever correspondence testing was conducted in order to test whether job applicants living with HIV (still) face prejudices in the crucial stage of the selection process in Greece.

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