Effects of precarious work on mental health: evidence from Spain

Escudero-Castillo, Israel; Díaz, Francisco Javier Mato; Rodríguez, Ana Marta Guillén

doi:10.1080/00036846.2022.2098241

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“…Gupta and Kristensen (2008) use longitudinal data and cross‐country comparisons to show that a favourable work environment and high job security lead to better health conditions. These findings are consistent with Escudero‐Castillo et al (2023) pointing out the negative impact of precarious work (short‐term temporary contracts especially) on the risk of suffering a self‐reported mental health problem (GHQ‐12 score), by using a finite mixture model (FMM) performing on Spanish data.…”

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Work strains and disabilities in French workers: A career‐long retrospective study

Barnay

Defebvre

2023

Labour

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This study aims to estimate the causal impact of detrimental working conditions on the self‐reported disabilities in France. Using a retrospective lifelong panel, we implement a mixed econometric strategy that relies on difference‐in‐differences and matching methods to take into account for selection biases as well as unobserved heterogeneity. Deleterious effects from exposure on disability are found, depending on the nature and magnitude of the strains. These results provide insights into the debate on legal retirement age postponement and justify policies being enacted early in individuals' careers, but also schemes that are more focused on psychosocial risk factors.

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confidence: 90%

Work strains and disabilities in French workers: A career‐long retrospective study

Barnay

Defebvre

2023

Labour

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“…Recent studies found evidence supporting this claim. For example, a study conducted by Escudero-Castillo et al (2021) during the pandemic, found that teleworkers have experienced less self-perceived well-being than non-teleworkers. Also, Jamal et al (2021) reported that teleworking during the pandemic can be understood as a demand because it includes work extensification and intensification (Brammer and Clark, 2020).…”

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Work schedule flexibility and teleworking were not good together during COVID-19 when testing their effects on work overload and mental health

2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic has driven organizations to implement various flexible work arrangements. Due to a lack of longitudinal studies, there is currently no consensus in specialized literature regarding the consequences of flexible work arrangements on employee mental health, as well any long term potential impacts. Using the Job Demand-Resource Model, this study documents consequences of the implementation of two types of flexible work arrangement: work schedule flexibility and teleworking on employee mental health over time, and the mediating role played by work overload during the accelerated implementation of flexible work arrangements in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a longitudinal design and probabilistic sampling, 209 workers participated in this study, twice answering a flexible work arrangement and mental health questionnaire during the pandemic. Findings of this moderated-mediation suggest that work schedule flexibility generates positive effects on mental health over time due to decreased work overload, but only for employees not working from home. These results offer theoretical and practical implications applicable to organizations considering implementation of flexible work arrangements, particularly with regard to how these flexible practices could support a balance between demand and resources, their impact on work overload, and employee mental health over time.

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“…This highlighted how precarious work undermines and weakens health and safety regulations and procedures. Precarious work has been identified as undermining mental health (McGann et al, 2016;Escudero-Castillo et al, 2022). Finally, precarious work can make access to healthcare more difficult, either through a lack of social protection and/or material deprivation (Kim et al, 2011;Benach et al, 2014;Premji, 2018;Macmillan and Shanahan 2021).…”

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Accessing healthcare services as a precarious worker in Ireland

Pembroke

Bobek

Wickham

2022

Irish Journal of Sociology

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The growth and the nature of precarious work has become an important subject of research on contemporary employment. Equally, there has been an increased interest among researchers in understanding the social consequences of precarious employment. There is an increasing awareness of the negative affect on health posed by precarious work. However, a relatively unexplored issue is the extent to which access to healthcare depends on the form of both precarious work and of healthcare provision in a specific nation state. This article explores the social implications of precarious work, with a focus on access to healthcare services in Ireland. 40 qualitative interviews were conducted with precarious workers living in Ireland that took place between July and October 2017.These were part of a broader study called the Social Implications of Precarious Work Project. A thematic analysis was conducted, which revealed the following: precarious employment often makes access to basic healthcare problematic, so that many are often unable to access essential medical treatment. On the one hand they are unable to access means-tested public services, but on the other hand cannot afford the cost of private treatment and private health insurance. This has negative consequences for workers’ health. Many precarious workers are pushed into relationships of dependency, creating new forms of social inheritance, since only some can access better healthcare by using family resources. For precarious workers who do not have this, inequality is further exacerbated.

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Effects of precarious work on mental health: evidence from Spain

Cited by 4 publications

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Work strains and disabilities in French workers: A career‐long retrospective study

Work strains and disabilities in French workers: A career‐long retrospective study

Work schedule flexibility and teleworking were not good together during COVID-19 when testing their effects on work overload and mental health

Accessing healthcare services as a precarious worker in Ireland

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