The impact of psychological trauma on wages in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 165-173

  Searing, Elizabeth A M ^a   Rios Avila, Fernando ^b   Lecy, Jesse D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosnia Herzegovina; Posttraumatic Growth; PTSD; Wage attainment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INJURY; LABOR MARKET; LIVING STANDARD; MENTAL HEALTH; POST-WAR; PSYCHOLOGY; WAGE;

ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; JOB MARKET; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PATIENT WORRY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SLEEP DISORDER; WAR; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883819347     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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