Contractual conditions, working conditions and their impact on health and well-being

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 429-444

  Robone, Silvana ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^a   Rice, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contractual conditions; Dynamic panel data models; Psychological well being; Self assessed health; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYABILITY; JOB SECURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CONTRACTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 80655147281     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0256-0     Document Type: Article

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