ArticleBMJ open2021
Association between informal employment and mortality rate by welfare regime in Latin America and the Caribbean: an ecological study.
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- Informal employment and poor self-perceived health in Latin America and the Caribbean: a gender-based comparison between countries and welfare states in a pooled analysis of 176,786 workers.Globalization and health · 2021Pooled it
- Informal employment, population health, and welfare policies: A global empirical analysis between 2011-2021.PloS one · 2025Article
- Mediating role of perceived social support in the relationship between unemployment and mental distress among healthcare graduates during the COVID-19 era.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Long working hours and self-rated health in the national Brazilian working population: gender and employment status differences, 2019.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Informal employment, precariousness, and decent work: from research to preventive action.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe aimed to estimate the association between informal employment and mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by comparing welfare state regimes.
designEcological study using time-series cross-sectional analysis of countries. Informality was estimated from household surveys by the Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies in collaboration with the World Bank, and the adult mortality rates for 2000-2016 were obtained from the WHO databases. Countries were grouped by welfare state regimes: state productivist, state protectionist and familialist. We calculated the compound annual growth rate for each country and performed linear regression between the informality and the adult mortality rates stratified by sex and welfare state regime.
settingSeventeen countries from LAC with available data on informality and adult mortality rates for 2000-2016. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE: The association between informality and mortality by welfare state regime.
resultsBetween 2000 and 2016, mortality rates decreased an average 1.3% per year and informal employment rates 0.5% per year. We found a significant positive association between informality and mortality rates (women: R
conclusionInformal employment negatively impacts population health, which is modified by welfare state regimes. Addressing informal employment could be an effective way to improve population health in LAC. However, linkage with public health and labour market agendas will be necessary.
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