Unpacking the misery multiplier: How employability modifies the impacts of unemployment and job insecurity on life satisfaction and mental health

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-276

  Green, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employability; Employment; Flexicurity; Insecurity; Well being

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; PANEL DATA; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SECURITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SHORT FORM 36; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; UNCERTAINTY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79954575962     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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