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Employment and Depressive Symptoms in Italy: the Need for Policy Measures

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  • Adriana Barone

    (DISES-Department of Economics and Statistics, CELPE-Centre for Labour Economics and Economic Policy, University of Salerno)

  • Cristian Barra

    (DISES-Department of Economics and Statistics, CELPE-Centre for Labour Economics and Economic Policy, University of Salerno)

Abstract

This paper investigates depressive symptoms among employees using Italian microdata from the second wave of the European Health Interview Survey. The results show that in Italy, employees with permanent and full-time work suffer less from depressive symptoms than employees without permanent and full-time jobs. Furthermore, females suffer from overall depressive symptoms more than males when taking into account education, income, occupation, or the economic sector in which they work. Finally, there is a stronger positive association between weight status and depressive symptoms in the southern regions of Italy compared to the northern ones. The results suggest the need for economic and social policies in order to reduce differences between employees, genders and regions.

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  • Adriana Barone & Cristian Barra, 2022. "Employment and Depressive Symptoms in Italy: the Need for Policy Measures," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, vol. 130(4), pages 323-362.
    • Handle: RePEc:vep:journl:y:2022:v:130:i:4:p:323-362
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    Keywords

    Employment; Depressive symptoms; Economics of gender;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • C50 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - General

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