Economy and Work Stress: Are They Related and How?

Abstract

Tapas K. Ray plays a leading role as an Economist with the US National Institute of Occupational Safety andHealth, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His work encompasses a variety of innovative approaches toward application of economics to the field of worker safety and health. Prior to joining CDC as a Prevention Effectiveness Fellow, he worked in the field of Environmental and Regulatory Economics. He has published in both the fields of environmental and health economics.Steven L. Sauter is a consultant to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), where he formerly served as Coordinator of the NIOSH Research Program on Work Organization and Stress-related Disorders. He is a Fellow of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology and holds editorial positions on several scholarly journals, including Associate Editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.