Differences in work injury risk between immigrants and natives: changes since the economic recession in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is known that occupational injury rates are higher for immigrant than for native workers, however the effects of the economic cycles on these differences has not been assessed to date. The aim of the paper is to test if the crisis has the same mechanism of selection in the two groups by comparing injury rates in 2005 (before the crisis) and in 2010 (after the crisis).

Methods

The Work History Italian Panel-Salute integrated database was interrogated to identify employment contracts in the metalworking and construction industries for the years 2005 and 2010 and the occupational injuries. A definition based on the type of injury, less likely to be biased by underreporting, was used to select serious events. Immigrants and natives were matched using the propensity

SUBMITTER: Giraudo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6598376 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature