Being out of work and health among younger Japanese men: A panel data analysis

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 514-523

  Kan, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Being out of work; Fixed effects model; Mental health; Panel data; Self assessed health; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887173779     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2013-0040     Document Type: Article

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