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Temporary Versus Permanent Employment: Does Health Matter?

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  • Gail Pacheco

    (Auckland University of Technology)

  • Don Webber

    (University of West of England, Bristol)

  • Dominic Page

    (University of West of England, Bristol)

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Poor health may inhibit active participation in the labour market and restrict the types of employment available to an individual. This paper uses recent survey data from New Zealand and employs a bivariate probit approach (to address sample selection issues) for investigating the relationship between health status and employment type. We find that health issues (and in particular mental health) are negatively related to the likelihood of being employed; and entering full-time and / or permanent employment. The picture with respect to temporary work is a little more fuzzy, with mixed results, and only minimal evidence is found that poor health is positively related to being in temporary employment.

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  • Gail Pacheco & Don Webber & Dominic Page, 2015. "Temporary Versus Permanent Employment: Does Health Matter?," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 18(2), pages 169-186.
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    Keywords

    Employment; Mental health; Physical health;
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    JEL classification:

    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J29 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Other

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