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Re: “does the Union Make Us Strong? Labor-union Membership, Self-rated Health, and Mental Illness: a Parametric G-formula Approach”

Year: 2020

Type: letter

Abstract: Social epidemiology pays attention to the detrimental role of some social factors in explaining population health, among which work and employment play a great part. However, even though such a relationship has been identified, very few studies have given attention to collective bargaining and the way work and employment are regulated. In their recent paper, Eisenberg-Guyot et al. (1) made an attempt to assess the topic using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The study was clearly needed, but it does not seem to frame accurately the way collective bargaining is organized in the United States, for...

Source: American Journal of Epidemiology

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaa278

Author: Jacques Wels

Institutions: Hitotsubashi University, University of Cambridge

Language: English

Topic: Labor Movements and Unions

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science