Dr. Isabel Baumann

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

• Henning, Georg; Baumann, Isabel; Huxhold, Oliver,

  2023.

  Historical and cross-country differences in life satisfaction across retirement in Germany and Switzerland from 2000 to 2019.

  The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

  78(8), pp. 1365-1374.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad066

• 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

• Baumann, Isabel; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin; Darin-Mattsson, Alexander; Kåreholt, Ingemar; Andel, Ross; Dratva, Julia; Agahi, Neda,

  2022.

  Do cognitively stimulating activities affect the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age?.

  Ageing & Society.

  42(2), pp. 306-330.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20000847

• Burkhalter, Denise; Wagner, Aylin; Feer, Sonja; Wieber, Frank; Ihle, Andreas; Baumann, Isabel,

  2022.

  Financial reasons for working beyond the statutory retirement age : risk factors and associations with health in late life.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  19(17), pp. 10505.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710505

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Kerry-Krause, Matthew J.; Jaks, Rebecca; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,

  2020.

  Electronic health literacy in Swiss-German parents : cross-sectional study of eHealth literacy scale unidimensionality.

  Journal of Medical Internet Research.

  22(3), pp. e14492.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2196/14492

• Madero-Cabib, Ignacio; Corna, Laurie; Baumann, Isabel,

  2020.

  Aging in different welfare contexts : a comparative perspective on later-life employment and health.

  The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

  75(7), pp. 1515-1526.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz037

• 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

• Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Baumann, Isabel; Agahi, Neda; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin,

  2019.

  Prolongation of working life and its effect on mortality and health in older adults : propensity score matching.

  Social Science & Medicine.

  226, pp. 77-86.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.026

• 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

• 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

• Baumann, Isabel,

  2016.

  The plight of older workers : labor market experience after plant closure in the Swiss manufacturing sector.

  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

• Froidevaux, Ariane; Baumann, Isabel; Maggiori, Christian; Wieber, Frank; Rossier, Jérôme,

  2017.

  Retirement planning : how to deal with different adjustment trajectories?

  .

  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

• Baumann, Isabel; Lipps, Oliver; Oesch, Daniel; Vandenplas, Caroline,

  2016.

  How to survey displaced workers in switzerland : ways of addressing sources of bias

  .

  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

• Feer, Sonja; Lipps, Oliver; Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel,

  2021.

  Health status and labour force participation among older workers in Switzerland : a growth curve analysis [poster].

  In:

  14th European Public Health Conference, online, 10-12 November 2021.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.314

• 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.

• Feer, Sonja; Lipps, Oliver; Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel,

  2019.

  Health status and labour force participation among older workers in Switzerland : a multilevel for growth analysis [poster].

  In:

  IAGG-ER, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-25 May 2019.

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,

  2018.

  Digital health literacy of Swiss-German parents : results from DIGE, a study on parental utilization of digital child health information [paper].

  In:

  11th European Public Health Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 November - 1 December 2018.

• Baumann, Isabel; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin; Mattsson, Alexander Darin; Kåreholt, Ingemar; Andel, Ross; Dratva, Julia; Agahi, Neda,

  2018.

  Retirement age and cognitive functioning in old age : the role of occupational and leisure activities [paper].

  In:

  Nordic Gerontology Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2-4 May 2018.

• Baumann, Isabel; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin; Mattson, Alexander Darin; Kareholt, Ingemar; Andel, Ross; Dratva, Julia; Agahi, Neda,

  2018.

  The role of cognitively stimulating activities in explaining the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age [paper].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.

• Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Juvalta, Sibylle,

  2018.

  “Dear Internet, what should I do when…?” : parents’ digital media behaviour when searching for information on children’s health in Switzerland [poster].

  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

• 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.

• 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.

• Baumann, Isabel; Feer, Sonja,

  2023.

  Wenn die Gesundheit nicht mitspielt.

  Gerontologie CH : Praxis + Forschung.

  2023(1), pp. 8-9.

  Available from: https://www.gerontologie.ch/fileadmin/redaktion_gerontologie/pdf/Magazin/Mag_GerontologieCH_012023_dt.pdf

• Baumann, Isabel; Burkhalter, Denise; Wagner, Aylin; Feer, Sonja; Wieber, Frank; Ihle, Andreas,

  2022.

  Financial reasons for retiring after the statutory retirement age and health: evidence from Switzerland [paper].

  In:

  Epi Unit Meeting, Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2. May 2022.

• 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

• Suter, Jasmine; Baumann, Isabel,

  2020.

  BGM mit Fokus auf Mitarbeitende 50+ : die Weiterbeschäftigung bringt Vorteile für alle.

  Personal Schweiz.

  pp. 24-25.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Baumann, Isabel; Garcia, Victor; Metz, Florence,

  2018.

  Heat, greed and human need : climate change, capitalism and sustainable wellbeing. Gough, Ian. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing (2017), 264 p., ISBN 978-1-785-36512-6

  .

  Swiss Political Science Review.

  25(1), pp. 95-100.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12336

• 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.

  Available from: https://gesundheitsfoerderung.ch/assets/public/documents/de/5-grundlagen/publikationen/gfia/faktenblaetter/Faktenblatt_024_GFCH_2017-10_-_Sturzpraevention_bei_Personen_mit_erhoehtem_Sturzrisiko.pdf

• 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/

• Froidevaux, Ariane; Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio,

  2020.

  Let’s not forget the macro-level factors! : how older workers’ interlocked employment and health trajectories are shaped by welfare regimes and the social norm for working longer.

  In:

  1st Careers Division of the Academy of Management Community Conference, Vienna, Austria, 14-15 February 2020.

• 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.

• 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.

• Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio,

  2019.

  Retirement trajectories in countries with flexible retirement policies but different welfare state contexts.

  In:

  International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019 (IAGG-ER), Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-25 May 2019.

• Baumann, Isabel; Glässel, Andrea; Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter; Dratva, Julia; Wieber, Frank,

  2017.

  Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention.

  In:

  10th European Public Health Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-4 November 2017.

  pp. 410.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx186.024

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

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