Year: 2000
Type: preprint
Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between non-standard types of employment and mental\nhealth. The analysis uses data on workers from the first seven waves of the British Household\nPanel Study, 1991-97. Four different types of non-standard employment (non-standard\ncontracts, places, times, and weekly hours of work) are analysed and the General Health\nQuestionnaire (GHQ) index is used as the measure of mental health. We find evidence of only a\nmodest effect of all types of flexible employment on the GHQ scores of men and women.\nAlthough the workers? non-standard employment behaviour does not significantly vary with their\nendowments and unobserved inputs, population health heterogeneity may still have a critical\neffect on the observed changes in labour market behaviour. Finally, we find some significant\neffect of non-standard employment on mental health when the sample is stratified by age and\neducation.
Authors: Elena Bardasi, Marco Francesconi
Institutions: University of Essex, Centre for Economic Policy Research
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2128450655