The effects of ill health on entering and maintaining paid employment: evidence in European countries

M Schuring, L Burdorf, A Kunst… - Journal of Epidemiology …, 2007 - jech.bmj.com
Objectives: To examine the effects of ill health on selection into paid employment in
European countries. Methods: Five annual waves (1994–8) of the European Community …

Welfare state regimes, unemployment and health: a comparative study of the relationship between unemployment and self-reported health in 23 European countries

C Bambra, TA Eikemo - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2009 - jech.bmj.com
Background: The relationship between unemployment and increased risk of morbidity and
mortality is well established. However, what is less clear is whether this relationship varies …

The effect of ill health and socioeconomic status on labor force exit and re-employment: a prospective study with ten years follow-up in the Netherlands

M Schuring, SJW Robroek, FWJ Otten, CH Arts… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2013 - JSTOR
Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ill health and socioeconomic
status on labor force exit due to unemployment, early retirement, disability pension, or …

Health status and health behaviour as predictors of the occurrence of unemployment and prolonged unemployment

P Virtanen, U Janlert, A Hammarström - Public health, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Earlier research on health-related selection into unemployment has been
based on relatively severe health problems, leaves questions unanswered about particular …

Estimating the influence of health as a risk factor on unemployment: a survival analysis of employment durations for workers surveyed in the German Socio-Economic …

JO Arrow - Social science & medicine, 1996 - Elsevier
In this paper we examine the link between unemployment and health. The negative health
selection hypothesis, which proposes that poor health poses an unemployment risk, is …

[HTML][HTML] Unemployment and retirement and ill-health: a cross-sectional analysis across European countries

SM Alavinia, A Burdorf - International archives of occupational and …, 2008 - Springer
Objective To determine the associations between different measures of health and labor
market position across ten European countries. Methods We studied 11,462 participants of …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of re-employment on quality of life and self-rated health, a longitudinal study among unemployed persons in the Netherlands

BE Carlier, M Schuring… - BMC Public …, 2013 - bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
Unemployed persons have a poorer health compared with employed persons and
unemployment may cause ill health. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of re …

How do types of employment relate to health indicators? Findings from the Second European Survey on Working Conditions

FG Benavides, J Benach, AV Diez-Roux… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2000 - jech.bmj.com
STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the associations of various types of employment with six
self reported health indicators, taking into account the part played by demographic variables …

Health inequalities in the workforce: the labour market core–periphery structure

P Virtanen, V Liukkonen, J Vahtera… - International journal …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To explore health inequalities between six labour market groups ranging from
permanent employees to the long-term unemployed receiving minimum daily allowance …

Self-rated health in relation to employment status during periods of high and of low levels of unemployment

A Åhs, R Westerling - The European Journal of Public Health, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background: There is a need for more research on the health impact of changes in the
national unemployment rate. Therefore, the present study was carried out to compare levels …