In many industrialised countries the population is ageing, due to increasing life expectancy
and falling birth rates. A rather paradoxical development is that, despite the increased life …

Background The objective of this study was to establish the direction of causality in the
relationship between labour market status and psychological well-being by investigating …

Objectives We examined health selection in the context of transitions across employment
statuses (employment, unemployment and inactivity), with attention to gender differences …

Background This study focuses on the health impact of the labour market position, since
recent research indicates that exposure to both unemployment and precarious employment …

Objectives This study examined the relationship between unemployment and mental health.
It particularly emphasized the potential differences in mental health status between younger …

Objectives Few epidemiological studies have examined whether associations of
psychosocial working conditions with risk of poor health differ by age. Based on results from …

Background Many researchers have examined the effect that mental health has on
reemployment opportunities amongst the unemployed, but the results are inconclusive. Our …

Background While a strong negative impact of unemployment on health has been
established, the present research examined the lesser studied interplay of gender, social …

Background Unemployment is associated with adverse effects on health. Social capital has
been suggested as a promoter of health via several causal pathways that are associated …

Objectives To examine whether psychosocial work characteristics at age 45 years predict
exit from the labour market by the age of 50 years in data from the 1958 British Birth Cohort …