The Health Consequences of Adverse Labor Market Events: Evidence from Panel Data

Industrial Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 478-498

  Maclean, Johanna Catherine ^a   Webber, Douglas A ^a,b   French, Michael T ^c   Ettner, Susan L ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SELF ASSESSMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 84930322807     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irel.12099     Document Type: Article

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