The impact of atypical employment on individual wellbeing: Evidence from a panel of British workers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1671-1688

  Bardasi, Elena ^a   Francesconi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical employment; Britain; General and mental health; Life and job satisfaction; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WORKER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1442286494     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00400-3     Document Type: Article

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