We investigate the consequences of experiencing an acute health shock, namely the first onset of myocardial infarction … Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and cover sixteen European countries … availability of an extremely rich set of health and labour market information as well as of panel data. To remove the potential …

This paper explores the relationship between non-standard types of employment and mental health. The analysis uses data …-standard employment (non-standard contracts, places, times, and weekly hours of work) are analysed and the General Health Questionnaire … (GHQ) index is used as the measure of mental health. We find evidence of only a modest effect of all types of flexible …

This paper explores the relationship between non-standard types of employment and mental health. The analysis uses data …-standard employment (non-standard contracts, places, times, and weekly hours of work) are analysed and the General Health Questionnaire … (GHQ) index is used as the measure of mental health. We find evidence of only a modest effect of all types of flexible …

This paper explores the relationship between non-standard types of employment and mental health. The analysis uses data …-standard employment (non-standard contracts, places, times, and weekly hours of work) are analysed and the General Health Questionnaire … (GHQ) index is used as the measure of mental health. We find evidence of only a modest effect of all types of flexible …

This paper examines the effect that working for pay and volunteering has on the mental health of older Irish women and … different dimensions of mental health are considered. Ordinary least squares regression estimates suggest that both working for … pay and volunteering have statistically significant and substantially large positive effects on mental health. However …