Do employment protection policies reduce the relative disadvantage in the labour market experienced by unhealthy people? A natural experiment created by the Great Recession in Europe

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-108

  Reeves, Aaron ^a   Karanikolos, Marina ^b,c   Mackenbach, Johan ^d   McKee, Martin ^b,c   Stuckler, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Disability; Employment protection; Recession

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; OECD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB MARKET; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EUROPE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84908083971     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.034     Document Type: Article

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