Flexible working time arrangements and workers’ health: an analysis for France

Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière (), Christine Erhel () and Malo Mofakhami
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Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière: Université de Lille, CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CEET - Centre d'études de l'emploi et du travail - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche - Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Santé
Christine Erhel: CEET - Centre d'études de l'emploi et du travail - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche - Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Santé, LIRSA - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en sciences de l'action - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM]

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Abstract: This presentation contributes to the literature about the links between flexible working time arrangements and workers' health, using individual data from the French working conditions survey. First, it shows that two main types of flexible working time arrangements can be distinguished: the first one concerns atypical working hours; while the second dimension could be seen as a "work overflow". Then, using a fixed-effect model based on panel data, it provides causal evidence that both types of flexible working time arrangements have a deteriorating effect on workers' self-rated general health, as well as on mental health as measured by the WHO-5 index. Finally, using linked employer-employee data for 2019, regressions show that control over working hours improves workers' health and reduces the negative impact of flexible working time arrangements. Furthermore, workplace-level practices present ambiguous relationships with workers' health. Workplace practices involving social dialogue and workers' participation seem to have more favorable effects.

Keywords: Working time arrangements; Health at Work; Mental health; Flexible working time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09-14
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Published in International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation, Sep 2023, Paris, France

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