Social inequality in health—The role of the healthy worker effect

Unemployed, Uneducated and Sick: The Effects of Socio-Economic Status on Health Duration in the European Union

“…The odds of an unemployed individual facing a decline in health is 28% higher compared with those who are not unemployed. These results complement the findings of Moser et al (1984), Dahl (1993) and Bartley (1994) on the negative effects of unemployment on health, the findings of Gerdtham and Johannesson (2003) and Rantakeisu et al (1999) on the negative effect on health of various bad experiences that are associated with unemployment, the results of Ferrie et al (1995) on the adverse effect of the risk of unemployment on health and the results from Ervasti (2002), Winefield and Tiggemann (1990) and Grobe and Schwartz (2003) on the negative effect of duration of unemployment on health.…”

Unemployed, Uneducated and Sick: The Effects of Socio-Economic Status on Health Duration in the European Union

“…The odds of an unemployed individual facing a decline in health is 28% higher compared with those who are not unemployed. These results complement the findings of Moser et al (1984), Dahl (1993) and Bartley (1994) on the negative effects of unemployment on health, the findings of Gerdtham and Johannesson (2003) and Rantakeisu et al (1999) on the negative effect on health of various bad experiences that are associated with unemployment, the results of Ferrie et al (1995) on the adverse effect of the risk of unemployment on health and the results from Ervasti (2002), Winefield and Tiggemann (1990) and Grobe and Schwartz (2003) on the negative effect of duration of unemployment on health.…”

Trends in socioeconomic differences in sickness absence among Finnish municipal employees 1990—99

“…Finally, selection of employees according to sickness absence may lead to decreasing sickness absence rates during increasing unemployment and increasing sickness absence rates during decreasing unemployment [30]. In this study, increasing sickness absence from 1994 to 1999 partially supports this healthy worker effect.…”

The health of the Australian workforce: 1998–2001

“…Several studies that have compared SES gradients based on occupation or employment grade among employed men and women have reported similar findings, i.e. women showing less obvious or no gradients in self-rated health and other measures of morbidity 5,6,8,28 and mortality. 6,7,9 This may reflect a greater effect of health selection into employment for women than for men.…”

Unemployed, Uneducated and Sick: The Effects of Socio-Economic Status on Health Duration in the European Union

“…The odds of an unemployed individual facing a decline in health is 28% higher compared with those who are not unemployed. These results complement the findings of Moser et al (1984), Dahl (1993) and Bartley (1994) on the negative effects of unemployment on health, the findings of Gerdtham and Johannesson (2003) and Rantakeisu et al (1999) on the negative effect on health of various bad experiences that are associated with unemployment, the results of Ferrie et al (1995) on the adverse effect of the risk of unemployment on health and the results from Ervasti (2002), Winefield and Tiggemann (1990) and Grobe and Schwartz (2003) on the negative effect of duration of unemployment on health.…”

Trends in socioeconomic differences in sickness absence among Finnish municipal employees 1990—99

“…Finally, selection of employees according to sickness absence may lead to decreasing sickness absence rates during increasing unemployment and increasing sickness absence rates during decreasing unemployment [30]. In this study, increasing sickness absence from 1994 to 1999 partially supports this healthy worker effect.…”

The health of the Australian workforce: 1998–2001

“…Several studies that have compared SES gradients based on occupation or employment grade among employed men and women have reported similar findings, i.e. women showing less obvious or no gradients in self-rated health and other measures of morbidity 5,6,8,28 and mortality. 6,7,9 This may reflect a greater effect of health selection into employment for women than for men.…”

Unemployed, Uneducated and Sick: The Effects of Socio-Economic Status on Health Duration in the European Union

“…The odds of an unemployed individual facing a decline in health is 28% higher compared with those who are not unemployed. These results complement the findings of Moser et al (1984), Dahl (1993) and Bartley (1994) on the negative effects of unemployment on health, the findings of Gerdtham and Johannesson (2003) and Rantakeisu et al (1999) on the negative effect on health of various bad experiences that are associated with unemployment, the results of Ferrie et al (1995) on the adverse effect of the risk of unemployment on health and the results from Ervasti (2002), Winefield and Tiggemann (1990) and Grobe and Schwartz (2003) on the negative effect of duration of unemployment on health.…”

Trends in socioeconomic differences in sickness absence among Finnish municipal employees 1990—99

“…Finally, selection of employees according to sickness absence may lead to decreasing sickness absence rates during increasing unemployment and increasing sickness absence rates during decreasing unemployment [30]. In this study, increasing sickness absence from 1994 to 1999 partially supports this healthy worker effect.…”

The health of the Australian workforce: 1998–2001

“…Several studies that have compared SES gradients based on occupation or employment grade among employed men and women have reported similar findings, i.e. women showing less obvious or no gradients in self-rated health and other measures of morbidity 5,6,8,28 and mortality. 6,7,9 This may reflect a greater effect of health selection into employment for women than for men.…”