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. 2019 Jul 15;20(8):1165–1180. doi: 10.1007/s10198-019-01084-9

Table 3.

Effects of job stressors and resources on health-related productivity losses

Dependent variable Health-related productivity losses (in % of working time)
CS-1 CS-2 CS-3 CS-4 CS-5 FE-5 CS-6 FE-6
Job resources (R˙j) − 1.716*** (0.597) − 1.528** (0.647) − 1.558** (0.619) − 1.546** (0.616) − 1.310** (0.625) − 1.208 (1.282) R˙j,social − 0.997* (0.572) − 1.021 (1.096)
Job stressors (S˙j) 4.442*** (0.651) 4.864*** (0.655) 4.071*** (0.675) 4.049*** (0.673) 4.009*** (0.674) 3.812*** (1.222) R˙j,task − 0.405 (0.408) − 0.378 (1.389)
S˙j,social 1.929*** (0.412) 2.621** (1.157)
S˙j,task 1.346** (0.561) 2.155** (1.071)
Region FEs (canton) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Socio-econ. and job char. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Private stressors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chronic diseases Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Self-efficacy − 0.927** (0.435) − 0.864*** (0.334)
Year and individual FEs Yes Yes
Mean (SD) 14 (24) 14 (24) 14 (24) 14 (24) 14 (24) 14 (24) 14 (24) 14 (24)
Number of observations 3381 3381 3381 3381 3381 3026 3381 3026
Number of regressors 2 79 82 90 91 72 93 74
Adjusted R2 0.054 0.082 0.132 0.137 0.138 0.143
p value (F statistic) < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
ρ 0.767 0.766
Estimation method OLS OLS OLS OLS OLS FE OLS FE
Data Wave 1 Wave 1 Wave 1 Wave 1 Wave 1 Wave 1–2 Wave 1 Wave 1–2
Elasticity ϵr − 0.695 − 0.618 − 0.631 − 0.626 − 0.53 − 0.527 ϵr,social − 0.472 − 0.418
Elasticity ϵs 1.211 1.326 1.11 1.104 1.093 1.099 ϵr,task − 0.169 − 0.155
ϵs,social 0.302 0.483
ϵs,task 0.799 0.721

Robust standard errors are given in parentheses. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.01. R˙j and S˙j are the standardized values of job resources and stressors. S˙j,task,S˙j,social,R˙j,task and R˙j,social are the standardized values of task-related stressors, social stressors, task-related resources and social resources. Columns CS-1 to CS-6 show OLS estimates based on the wave 1 cross-sectional data. Columns FE-5 and FE-6 show fixed effects (FE) estimates based on the longitudinal wave 1–2 panel data while applying inverse-probability-of-attrition weighting. ϵs and ϵr denote the elasticity of health-related productivity losses with respect to job stressors and resources. The p values for the hypothesis: S˙j,task=S˙j,social and R˙j,task=Rj,social are 0.586 and 0.362 for CS-6, and 0.780 and 0.327 for FE-6. The statistical power to detect the effect of R˙j (in FE-5), R˙j,social and R˙j,task (in FE-6) is only 46%, 45% and 23%, respectively