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Health at Work and Low-pay:a European Perspective

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  • Elena Cottini
  • Claudio Lucifora

    (DISCE, Università Cattolica)

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between health, working conditions and pay in Europe. In particular, we measure health at work using self-assessed indicators for overall, as well as physical and mental health, using the 2005 wave of the EWCS (European Working Conditions Survey) for 15 EU countries. We find that, controlling for personal characteristics, (adverse) working conditions are associated with poor health status – both physical and mental. Low pay plays a role, mainly for men and when interacted with working conditions, suggesting that stigma and deprivation effects may be correlated with health at work. We also account for the potential endogeneity arising from workers sorting by firms and job types with different working conditions, and provide evidence of a causal effect of (adverse) working conditions and (low) pay on health at the workplace.

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  • Elena Cottini & Claudio Lucifora, 2009. "Health at Work and Low-pay:a European Perspective," DISCE - Quaderni dell'Istituto di Economia dell'Impresa e del Lavoro ieil0056, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche (DISCE).
    • Handle: RePEc:ctc:serie4:ieil0056
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    1. Elena Cottini & Paolo Ghinetti, 2012. "Working Conditions, Lifestyles and Health," Economics Working Papers 2012-28, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
    2. Ben Halima, Mohamed Ali & Rococo, Emeline, 2014. "Wage differences according to health status in France," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 260-268.

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    Keywords

    working conditions; physical and mental health; low-pay employment;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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