Work-related mental health problems increase with rising aggregate unemployment

Anna Katharina Pikos

Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Abstract: This paper analyzes the relationship between work-related mental health of the German working population and unemployment on the occupation-region level measured one year before the outcome. Rising unemployment is significantly associated with a higher risk for emotional strain, emotional exhaustion, absenteeism, and presenteeism among employed individuals. Occupation specific unemployment drives this relationship, while the regional dimension is less important. The relationship is driven by individuals with own past unemployment experience.

Keywords: work-related mental health; unemployment; emotional exhaustion; emotional strain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2018-10
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