Mediating effect of working conditions on the association between education and early labour market exit: a cohort study of Swedish men.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It is not fully known what explains educational inequalities in early labour market exits. This study aims to examine the mediating effect of exposure to unfavourable working conditions, measured by low job control and high physical workload, on the association between education and early labour market exit among men.

Methods

This register-based study included all men born 1951-1953, who underwent Swedish military conscription in late adolescence and had a registered educational level in 2005 (n=115 998). These men were followed from ages 53-55 to 64 regarding early labour market exit (disability pension, long-term sickness absence, long-term unemployment, early old-age retirement with and without income). Mediation analysis was used to examine the role of job con

SUBMITTER: Carlsson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671893 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature