Mental health and employment transitions: a slippery slope

Don Webber, Dom Page and Michail Veliziotis
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Dom Page: University of the West of England, Bristol

Working Papers from Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol

Abstract: Mental health status is associated with labour market outcomes. Existing literature illustrates that permanent workers with poor mental health select into temporary employment. However, it is unclear whether people with poor mental health stay in temporary employment or take a further step down the employment ladder. This paper examines the influence of poor mental health across the full set of employment transitions and reveals that women with poor mental health descend into unemployment, whereas men with poor mental health sink into inactivity. Given that one in four people will experience poor mental health at some point in their lives, we argue that more attention needs to be focused on supporting people in work rather than catching them as they slide into ever more precarious employment.

Keywords: Employment transitions; Anxiety; Depression; Psychiatric problems; UK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I31 J23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-01-02
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