Health Effects of Temporary Jobs in Europe

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Over the last two decades, temporary employment has gained importance in the European Union. The implications of this development for the health of the workforce are not yet established. Using a unique individual-level data set for 27 European countries, this paper evaluates whether temporary employment is interrelated with self-assessed health. We find pronounced differences in self-assessed health by employment status across European countries. Furthermore, in the EU full-time permanent employed workers report the best health, followed by temporary and part-time employed workers. These differences largely vanish, when taking into account the potential endogeneity between employment status and self-assessed health. However, repeated temporary contracts have a significant negative impact on health.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-86788-340-5
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 295

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
• Subject: Temporary employment ; fixed-term contracts ; self-assessed health ; Temporary employment ; fixed-term contracts ; self-assessed health

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ehlert, Christoph ; Schaffner, Sandra
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/61673
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET