Is Work Bad for Health? The Role of Constraint versus Choice
Eve Caroli
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
,
Andrea Bassanini
(7, 8, 2)
1
PSL -
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
2 IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor
3 PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
4 PSE - Paris School of Economics
5 LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine
6 Legos - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de Santé
7 EconomiX - EconomiX
8 OCDE - Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
2 IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor
3 PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
4 PSE - Paris School of Economics
5 LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine
6 Legos - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de Santé
7 EconomiX - EconomiX
8 OCDE - Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Résumé
This paper reviews the literature on the impact of work on health. We consider work along two dimensions: (i) the intensive margin, i.e. how many hours an individual works when employed and (ii) the extensive margin, i.e. whether an individual is in employment or not. We show that most of the evidence on the negative health impact of work found in the literature is based on situations in which workers have essentially no control (no choice) over the amount of work they provide. In essence, what is detrimental to health is not so much work per se as much as the gap which may exist between the actual and the desired amount of work, both at the intensive and extensive margins.
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Résumé |
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This paper reviews the literature on the impact of work on health. We consider work along two dimensions: (i) the intensive margin, i.e. how many hours an individual works when employed and (ii) the extensive margin, i.e. whether an individual is in employment or not. We show that most of the evidence on the negative health impact of work found in the literature is based on situations in which workers have essentially no control (no choice) over the amount of work they provide. In essence, what is detrimental to health is not so much work per se as much as the gap which may exist between the actual and the desired amount of work, both at the intensive and extensive margins.
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Titre |
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Is Work Bad for Health? The Role of Constraint versus Choice
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Auteur(s) |
Eve Caroli
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
, Andrea Bassanini
7, 8, 2
1
PSL -
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
( 564132 )
- 60 rue Mazarine 75006 Paris
- France
2
IZA -
Institute for the Study of Labor
( 103374 )
- Bonn
- Allemagne
3
PSE -
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 139754 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
4
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
5
LEDa -
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine
( 163511 )
- "Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 75775 PARIS Cedex 16 "
- France
6
Legos -
Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de Santé
( 163517 )
- "Université Paris-Dauphine Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 75775 PARIS Cedex 16 "
- France
7
EconomiX -
EconomiX
( 2564 )
- Bâtiment G
200 Avenue de la République
92001 NANTERRE CEDEX
- France
8
OCDE -
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
( 310903 )
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
2, rue André Pascal 75775 Paris Cedex 16
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2015-12
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Numéro |
119-120
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Page/Identifiant |
13-37
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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Financement |
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
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Individual Choice, Health, Work, Retirement, Hours Worked, Job Loss
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