Associations between change in labour market policies and work stressors: a comparative longitudinal survey data analysis from 27 European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many studies have shown that work stressors have a negative impact on health. It is therefore important to gain an understanding of how work stressors can be reduced. Recent studies have shown that employees in countries with high investments into labour market policies less often report exposure to work stressors. Although these studies are indicative of an influence of the political level on work stressors, they are based on cross-sectional cross-country analyses where causal assumptions are problematic. The aim of this study is to extend the existing evidence by longitudinally testing whether changes in labour market policies are related to changes in work stressors.

Methods

We used comparative longitudinal survey data from the European Working Conditions Surve

SUBMITTER: Lunau T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7488105 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature