Women appear to take sick leave at a higher rate and for longer periods than men. However, the reasons for these differences are poorly understood. This study starts by outlining several channels (biological, psychological, socio-economic, and occupational) that may drive this gender gap. We then analyse rich individual longitudinal administrative data on employment and sickness benefits. We consider the case o...
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This study estimates the impacts of formal home care provided by paid professionals on spousal health outcomes. We use data from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe, a panel of older adults living in several European countries, and match new formal home care users to non-users to account for the endogeneity of the decision to seek formal home care. After considering underlying mechanisms, our...
No presente texto apresenta-se e analisa-se uma estratégia de intervenção pedagógica na disciplina de Biologia Humana do 10º ano de escolaridade do curso Tecnológico de Desporto que é caracterizada, fundamentalmente, pela integração explicita e intencional de tarefas de natureza metacognitiva na operacionalização de um modelo de ensino orientado para a mudança conceptual com o intuito de potencializar a eficáci...