Job insecurity, employability and health: an analysis for Germany across generations

Steffen Otterbach () and Alfonso Sousa-Poza

Applied Economics, 2016, vol. 48, issue 14, 1303-1316

Abstract: In this article, we use 12 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to examine the relationship between job insecurity, employability and health-related well-being. Our results indicate that being unemployed has a strong negative effect on life satisfaction and health. They also, however, highlight the fact that this effect is most prominent among individuals over the age of 40. A second observation is that job insecurity is also associated with lower levels of life satisfaction and health, and this association is quite strong. This negative effect of job insecurity is, in many cases, exacerbated by poor employability.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1100248

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