Unemployment impairs mental health: Meta-analyses

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-282

  Paul, Karsten I ^a   Moser, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distress; Job loss; Mental health; Meta analysis; Reemployment; Selection effect; Social causation; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 64449086920     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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