ReviewThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2016
Health, work and working conditions: a review of the European economic literature.
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- Long-term health conditions and UK labour market outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2024Article
- Work accident effect on the use of psychotropic drugs: the case of benzodiazepines.Health economics review · 2023Article
- Obesity and labour market outcomes in Italy: a dynamic panel data evidence with correlated random effects.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2023Article
- Industry-specific prevalence and gender disparity of common mental health problems in the UK: A national repetitive cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Use it too much and lose everything? The effects of hours of work on health.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Cohort Profile: The Assessing Economic Transitions (ASSET) Study-A Community-Based Mixed-Methods Study of Economic Engagement among Inner-City Residents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Child and adolescent mental health services in the Western Cape Province of South Africa: the perspectives of service providers.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2022Article
- Follow-up regimes for sick-listed employees: A comparison of nine north-western European countries.Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Review
- Irregular Migrant Workers and Health: A Qualitative Study of Health Status and Access to Healthcare of the Filipino Domestic Workers in Mainland China.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Acceptability and Feasibility of a Return-to-Work Intervention for Posttreatment Breast Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Co-design and Development Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Technology-induced job loss risk, disability and all-cause mortality in Norway.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2022Article
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- Employment Status and Health Literacy in Denmark: A Population-Based Study.International journal of public health · 2021Article
- How the Labor Market Affects the Self-Perceived Health of Older Workers. The Evidence From Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs).Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of the two-way causal relationship between these two variables: health status influences the probability of being employed and, at the same time, working affects the health status. Because these two variables are determined simultaneously, researchers control endogeneity skews (e.g., reverse causality, omitted variables) when conducting empirical analysis. With these caveats in mind, the literature finds that a favourable work environment and high job security lead to better health conditions. Being employed with appropriate working conditions plays a protective role on physical health and psychiatric disorders. By contrast, non-employment and retirement are generally worse for mental health than employment, and overemployment has a negative effect on health. These findings stress the importance of employment and of adequate working conditions for the health of workers. In this context, it is a concern that a significant proportion of European workers (29 %) would like to work fewer hours because unwanted long hours are likely to signal a poor level of job satisfaction and inadequate working conditions, with detrimental effects on health. Thus, in Europe, labour-market policy has increasingly paid attention to job sustainability and job satisfaction. The literature clearly invites employers to take better account of the worker preferences when setting the number of hours worked. Overall, a specific "flexicurity" (combination of high employment protection, job satisfaction and active labour-market policies) is likely to have a positive effect on health.
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