The study explores the pathways and mechanisms of the relation between employment
conditions and health inequalities. A significant amount of published research has proved …

Standard full-time permanent employment—providing a minimal degree of stability, income
sustainability, workers' empowerment, and social protection—has declined in the high …

The authors develop a macro-social theoretical framework to explain how employment and
working conditions affect health inequalities. The theoretical framework represents the social …

Although the conditions and power relations of employment are known to be crucial health
determinants for workers and their families, the nature of these relations and their effects on …

Theoretical models are a way of visualizing, in context, the many factors that contribute to
inequalities in health. This article presents a model showing the micro-level pathways …

To study how employment relations, employment conditions and working conditions
differently affect the health of populations we need, first, to clearly define the meaning of …

Objectives To explore health inequalities between six labour market groups ranging from
permanent employees to the long-term unemployed receiving minimum daily allowance …

The generalization of flexible labour markets, the declining influence of unions and the
degradation of social protection has led to the emergence of new forms of employment at the …

We are told that'work is good for us' and that ill health is caused by'individual lifestyles'.
Drawing on research from public health, social policy, epidemiology, geography and …

Surveillance of social determinants of health inequalities is an essential but still
underdeveloped issue in public health. Existing research has identified unemployment as …