Educational qualification differences and early labor market exit among men: the contribution of labor market marginalization measured across the working life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present study aims to investigate the association between educational qualification and early labor market exit among men and to examine the contribution of labor market marginalization measured across the working life on this association.

Method

A register-linked cohort study was conducted including men who completed military service in 1969/70 (born between 1949 and 1951) and were alive at age 55 and not disability pension beneficiaries (n = 40 761). Information on the highest level of educational qualification and the outcome of early exit (disability pension, sickness absence, unemployment, and early old-age pension) was obtained from Swedish nationwide registers between the ages of 55 and 64 years. Labor market marginalization was defined as periods of lo

SUBMITTER: Thern E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9121573 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature