The impact of precarious employment on mental health: The case of Italy

F. Moscone, Elisa Tosetti and Giorgio Vittadini ()

Social Science & Medicine, 2016, vol. 158, issue C, 86-95

Abstract: Although there has been a sizeable empirical literature measuring the effect of job precariousness on the mental health of workers the debate is still open, and understanding the true nature of such relationship has important policy implications.

Keywords: Italy; Precarious employment; Mental health; Psychotropic medication; Prescription; Probit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.008

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