Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/242529 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Working Paper Series No. 2014/06
Publisher: 
Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland
Abstract: 
Mental health status often has a strong association with labour market outcomes. If people in temporary employment have poorer mental health than those in permanent employment then it is consistent with two mutually inclusive possibilities: temporary employment generates adverse mental health effects and/or individuals with poorer mental health select into temporary from permanent employment. We reveal that permanent workers with poor mental health appear to select into temporary employment thus signalling that prior cross sectional studies may overestimate the influence of employment type on mental health. We also reveal that this selection effect is significantly mitigated by job satisfaction.
Subjects: 
Employment transitions
Psychological distress
Anxiety
Life satisfaction
Job dissatisfaction
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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