The effect of job quality on quality of life and wellbeing in later career stages: A multilevel and longitudinal analysis on older workers in Europe

Egidio Riva (), Mario Lucchini () and Carlotta Piazzoni ()
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Egidio Riva: Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca
Mario Lucchini: Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca
Carlotta Piazzoni: Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2022, vol. 17, issue 4, No 4, 1993-2015

Abstract: Abstract This paper uses data from four waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and investigates the effect of job quality on CASP-12, which is a measure of quality of life and wellbeing, on a large and longitudinal sample (30,473 observations nested within 21,278 individuals) of workers aged 50-64 years in 14 European countries. Building on the different theoretical models of work-related stress and wellbeing and using Self-Organizing Map, sampled workers were grouped into different job quality clusters. Then, multilevel and growth curve modelling was used to examine: i) the effect of cluster membership on CASP-12; ii) whether protracted membership in different job quality clusters could produce cumulative effects on CASP-12; and iii) the moderating effect of the national unemployment rate. Findings indicate that a wellbeing gradient exists in which higher CASP-12 scores result from membership in the better job quality cluster; however, there is no evidence of cumulative effects of job quality on CASP-12. Finally, analyses confirm country-specific relationships between job quality and quality of life and wellbeing; namely, they indicate that the wellbeing gradient associated with better job quality is steeper in countries with higher unemployment rates.

Keywords: older workers; job quality; job types; well-being; panel data; three-level models; cross-country analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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