Dr. Isabel Baumann

Dr. Isabel Baumann
ZHAW
School of Health Sciences
Institute of Public Health
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur
Personal profile
Position at the ZHAW
Research Associate
Lecturer
Member of the Work Council of the School of Health Professions
Ambizione Grantee of the Swiss National Science Foundation (2019-2023)
www.zhaw.ch/de/gesundheit/forschung/forschung-public-health/
Expertise and research interests
Health and employment; Labor market and social policy, public health; Retirement; Disability; Health Promotion and primary prevention; Quantitative and qualitative methods
Educational background
2010-2015 PhD in Social sciences at University of Lausanne, CH
2003-2008 Diploma in Social sciences at University of Fribourg, CH
Professional milestones
2010-2015 Teaching assistant at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne
2009-2010 Interface Policy Analysis
Membership of networks
- NCCR LIVES - Overcoming Vulnerability
- Swiss Platform Ageing Society
- Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités (CIGEV), Université de Genève
Projects
- Gesamtauswertung Altersmonitoring von Pro Senectute Schweiz / Team member / Project ongoing
- Why do some older workers with adverse health conditions remain in the labor force while others exit early? / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
- Health inequalities and the prolongation of working life / Project leader / Project ongoing
- The impact of delayed retirement on health outcomes / Project leader / Project completed
- Digital Parent Advisor / Team member / Project completed
- Risikofaktoren einer Invalidisierung bei jungen Erwachsenen / Team member / Project completed
- Evaluation Via Pilot-Project Fall Prevention / Team member / Project completed
Publications
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Feer, Sonja; Lipps, Oliver; Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel,
2022.
Health and labor force participation among older workers in Switzerland : a growth curve analysis.
European Journal of Ageing.
19(4), pp. 1395-1406.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-022-00716-z
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Baumann, Isabel; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin; Darin-Mattsson, Alexander; Kåreholt, Ingemar; Andel, Ross; Dratva, Julia; Agahi, Neda,
2022.
Ageing & Society.
42(2), pp. 306-330.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20000847
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Burkhalter, Denise; Wagner, Aylin; Feer, Sonja; Wieber, Frank; Ihle, Andreas; Baumann, Isabel,
2022.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
19(17), pp. 10505.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710505
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Baumann, Isabel; Froidevaux, Ariane; Cabib, Ignacio,
2022.
Health among workers retiring after the state pension age : a longitudinal and comparative study.
BMC Geriatrics.
22(984).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03690-4
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Baumann, Isabel; Wieber, Frank; Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter; Glässel, Andrea,
2022.
Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention : insights from a qualitative study.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
19(17), pp. 10477.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710477
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Baumann, Isabel; Cabib, Ignacio; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa S.; Agahi, Neda,
2022.
Part-time work and health in late careers : evidence from a longitudinal and cross-national study.
SSM - Population Health.
18.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101091
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Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Baumann, Isabel; Agahi, Neda; Lennartsson, Carin,
2021.
How to measure retirement age? : a comparison of survey and register data.
Journal of Population Ageing.
14(2), pp. 143-161.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-019-09254-6
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Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio,
2021.
Retirement trajectories in countries with flexible retirement policies but different welfare regimes.
Journal of Aging & Social Policy.
33(2), pp. 138-160.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2019.1685358
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Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia,
2020.
Parents’ health information seeking behaviour : does the child’s health status play a role?.
BMC Family Practice.
21(266).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01342-3
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Juvalta, Sibylle; Kerry-Krause, Matthew J.; Jaks, Rebecca; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,
2020.
Journal of Medical Internet Research.
22(3), pp. e14492.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.2196/14492
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Jaks, Rebecca; Baumann, Isabel; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia,
2019.
Parental digital health information seeking behavior in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study.
BMC Public Health.
19(225).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6524-8
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Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Baumann, Isabel; Agahi, Neda; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin,
2019.
Social Science & Medicine.
226, pp. 77-86.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.026
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Karayannis, Nicholas V.; Baumann, Isabel; Sturgeon, John A.; Melloh, Markus; Mackey, Sean C.,
2019.
The impact of social isolation on pain interference : a longitudinal study.
Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
53(1), pp. 65-74.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kay017
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Baumann, Isabel; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Baer, Niklas; Frick, Ulrich; Rüesch, Peter,
2018.
Employment prospects of young adults with mental disorders.
Swiss Journal of Sociology.
44(2), pp. 259-280.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0012
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Baumann, Isabel,
2016.
Cham:
Springer.
Life Course Research and Social Policies ; 5.
ISBN 978-3-319-39752-8.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39754-2
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Froidevaux, Ariane; Baumann, Isabel; Maggiori, Christian; Wieber, Frank; Rossier, Jérôme,
2017.
Retirement planning : how to deal with different adjustment trajectories?
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In:
Ertelt, Bernd-Joachim; Scharpf, Michael, eds.,
Berufliche Beratung Älterer [career guidance for older people].
Frankfurt am Main:
Peter Lang.
pp. 25-53.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3726/b11357
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Baumann, Isabel; Lipps, Oliver; Oesch, Daniel; Vandenplas, Caroline,
2016.
How to survey displaced workers in switzerland : ways of addressing sources of bias
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In:
Oris, Michel; Roberts, Caroline; Joye, Dominique; Ernst Stähli, Michèle, eds.,
Surveying human vulnerabilities across the life course.
Cham:
Springer.
pp. 159-176.
Life Course Research and Social Policies ; 3.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24157-9
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Feer, Sonja; Lipps, Oliver; Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel,
2021.
In:
14th European Public Health Conference, online, 10-12 November 2021.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.314
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Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Agahi, Neda,
2021.
Does gradual retirement have health benefits? : evidence from a comparative study [paper].
In:
2nd Conference of the Swiss Society of Health Economics, online, 15 January 2021.
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Feer, Sonja; Lipps, Oliver; Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel,
2019.
In:
IAGG-ER, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-25 May 2019.
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Juvalta, Sibylle; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,
2018.
In:
11th European Public Health Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 November - 1 December 2018.
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Baumann, Isabel; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin; Mattsson, Alexander Darin; Kåreholt, Ingemar; Andel, Ross; Dratva, Julia; Agahi, Neda,
2018.
In:
Nordic Gerontology Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2-4 May 2018.
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Baumann, Isabel; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin; Mattson, Alexander Darin; Kareholt, Ingemar; Andel, Ross; Dratva, Julia; Agahi, Neda,
2018.
In:
Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.
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Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Juvalta, Sibylle,
2018.
In:
11th European Public Health Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 November - 1 December 2018.
Oxford University Press.
pp. 489.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky218.233
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Baumann, Isabel; Glässel, Andrea; Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter; Dratva, Julia; Wieber, Frank,
2017.
Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention [paper].
In:
European Journal of Public Health.
European Public Health Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, November 2017.
pp. 410.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx186.024
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Baumann, Isabel; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Baer, Niklas; Frick, Ulrich; Rüesch, Peter,
2016.
Labor market integration of adolescents with mental disorders [paper].
In:
LacOSA International Conference on Sequence Analysis and Related Method,s Lausanne, 8-10 June 2016.
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Baumann, Isabel; Wagner, Aylin; Feer, Sonja; Ihle, Andreas; Kliegel, Matthias,
2023.
Does raising retirement age affect retirees’ health? : evidence from a Swiss reform [poster].
In:
Epidemiology Symposium "Causality to Get Population Health Sciences Right", EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, 29 March 2023.
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Baumann, Isabel; Feer, Sonja,
2023.
Wenn die Gesundheit nicht mitspielt.
Gerontologie CH : Praxis + Forschung.
2023(1).
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Baumann, Isabel; Burkhalter, Denise; Wagner, Aylin; Feer, Sonja; Wieber, Frank; Ihle, Andreas,
2022.
In:
Epi Unit Meeting, Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2. May 2022.
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Hofmann, Roland; Baumann, Isabel,
2022.
Ist die Flexibilisierung des Rentenalters das Allheilmittel?.
Impact.
(56), pp. 48-49.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24747
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Suter, Jasmine; Baumann, Isabel,
2020.
BGM mit Fokus auf Mitarbeitende 50+ : die Weiterbeschäftigung bringt Vorteile für alle.
Personal Schweiz.
pp. 24-25.
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Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio,
2020.
Gesunde Rentner im Arbeitsmarkt von Chile bis Dänemark.
Schweizer Personalvorsorge.
2020(5), pp. 91-95.
Available from: https://vps.epas.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/vps/shop/spv/SPV_0520.pdf
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Baumann, Isabel,
2020.
Hürden bei der Stellensuche im Alter von über 50 Jahren.
Die kirchliche Fachstelle bei Arbeitslosigkeit : Jahresbericht 2019.
pp. 12-17.
Available from: https://www.dfa.ch/contentpics/File/Jahresberichte%20DFA/DFA_Jahresbericht_2019_web.pdf
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Baumann, Isabel; Steiger-Sackmann, Sabine,
2019.
Eine Verlängerung des Arbeitslebens muss attraktiv gestaltet werden.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
pp. 12.
Available from: https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/eine-verlaengerung-des-arbeitslebens-muss-attraktiv-gestaltet-werden-ld.1521279
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Baumann, Isabel,
2018.
Barrieren für die Arbeitsmarktpartizipation älterer Arbeitnehmender.
Angewandte GERONTOLOGIE Appliquée.
3(4), pp. 20-22.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1024/2297-5160/a000063
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Baumann, Isabel; Garcia, Victor; Metz, Florence,
2018.
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Swiss Political Science Review.
25(1), pp. 95-100.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12336
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Wieber, Frank; Baumann, Isabel; Glässel, Andrea; Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter,
2017.
Evaluation „Via-Pilotprojekt Sturzprävention“ [Evaluation Via pilotproject on fall prevention].
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
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Baumann, Isabel,
2021.
Studying flexible retirement and health : challenges and insights from an international perspective.
In:
Finnish Centre for Pensions Research Webinar : Extending working lives and healthy ageing – What role for flexible retirement?, 19 April 2021.
Available from: https://www.etk.fi/en/topical-issues/extending-working-lives-and-healthy-ageing-what-role-for-flexible-retirement/
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Froidevaux, Ariane; Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio,
2020.
In:
1st Careers Division of the Academy of Management Community Conference, Vienna, Austria, 14-15 February 2020.
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Juvalta, Sibylle; Kerry-Krause, Matthew J.; Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Dratva, Julia,
2019.
Application of the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) in a sample of Swiss parents.
In:
Swiss Public Health Conference 2019 : Child and Adolescent Public Health, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.
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Juvalta, Sibylle; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,
2019.
Health information seeking behaviour of Swiss German parents.
In:
Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Paediatrics SSP, Bellinzona, 6 - 7 June 2019.
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Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio,
2019.
In:
International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019 (IAGG-ER), Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-25 May 2019.
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
Baumann, I. (2015). Labor market experience and well-being after firm closure. Survey evidence on displaced manufacturing workers in Switzerland. Université de Lausanne. (Dissertation) serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_38392A5DE4AD.P001/REF
Oesch, D., Baumann, I. (2015): Smooth Transition or permanent exit? Evidence on Job prospects of displaced industrial workers. Socio-Economic Review, 13(1):101-123.
academic.oup.com/ser/article/13/1/101/1672068/Smooth-transition-or-permanent-exit-Evidence-on
Baumann, I. (2015). Decreased well-being after Job loss: testing omitted causes. LIVES Working Paper No. 36.
www.lives-nccr.ch/sites/default/files/pdf/publication/36_lives_wp_baumann_jobloss_ip4.pdf
Oesch, D., Baumann, I. (2013). Where do industrial workers go after plant closure? Survey evidence two years after Job displacement. LIVES Working Paper No. 25.
www.lives-nccr.ch/sites/default/files/pdf/publication/25_lives_wp_oesch_plantclosure.pdf
Baumann, I., Oesch, D. (2013). Wiederbeschäftigung nach Betriebsschliessungen im Industriesektor der Schweiz. Reihe Arbeitsmarktpublikationen des Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft (SECO), No. 38.
serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_7F5689D8D81E.P001/REF
Baumann, I., Oesch, D., Massenentlassungen in der Schweiz: Ein Problem vor allem für ältere Arbeitnehmende. Volkswirtschaft 10, pp. 50-53, 2013.
Deutsch: dievolkswirtschaft.ch/de/2013/10/baumann-3/
Français: dievolkswirtschaft.ch/fr/2013/10/baumann-2/
Baumann, I., Oesch, D. (2013) Alter zählt mehr als Ausbildung. Der Arbeitgeber, No. 11.
www.lives-nccr.ch/sites/default/files/pdf/page/1311_arbeitgeber_oesch_baumann.pdf
Oesch, D., Baumann, I. Le drame du licenciement après 55 ans. Le Temps, 16 décembre 2013. www.letemps.ch/opinions/2013/12/16/drame-licenciement-apres-55-ans
Oesch, D., Baumann, I. (2012): Kantonale Unterschiede in der Erfassung von Stellensuchenden: Ursachen und Konsequenzen. Evaluation für die Direktion der Arbeit des Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft (SECO). (June 2012). pp. 1-27.
Baumann, I., Oesch, D. Plant closure survey 2011. Publicly available on: forsbase.unil.ch/datasets/my-dataset-data-file-description-detail/13219/850/2876/ Documentation: forsbase.unil.ch/datasets/my-dataset-document-file-description-detail/13219/850/1546/
Schwenkel, C., Rieder. S. und Baumann, I. (2010). Evaluation Plattform Erneuerbare für Energien und Energieeffizienz (REPIC). Im Auftrag von SECO, DEZA, BAFU und BFE. Interface Politikstudien Forschung Evaluation. www.interface-politikstudien.ch/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bl_REPIC_P10_04.pdf
Rieder, S., Walker, D., Bernath, K. und Baumann, I. (2010). Evaluation des Gebäudeprogramms der Stiftung Klimarappen. Im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Energie (BFE). Interface Politikstudien Forschung Evaluation. www.interface-politikstudien.ch/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Be_Gebaeudeprogramm_Klimarappen.pdf
Rieder, S., Schwenkel, C., Baumann, I. und Klein, S. (2010) Evaluation des neuen Konzepts der katholischen Spital- und Klinikseelsorge im Kanton Zürich. Interface Politikstudien Forschung Evaluation. www.interface-politikstudien.ch/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Zu_Spitalseelsorge_ZH.pdf