Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health

We examine the link between workforce reduction, subjective job insecurity, and mental health using individual level panel data for private-sector employees in Germany. We first estimate the effect of firm-level workforce reductions on mental health, finding a strong, negative, and statistically sig...

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Main Authors:	Reichert, Arndt R., Tauchmann, Harald
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Elsevier 2017
Subjects:	MENTAL HEALTH LIFE SATISFACTION JOB INSECURITY WORKFORCE REDUCTION FEAR OF JOB LOSS LABOR MARKET
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27746

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spelling	okr-10986-277462021-05-25T10:54:42Z Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health Reichert, Arndt R. Tauchmann, Harald MENTAL HEALTH LIFE SATISFACTION JOB INSECURITY WORKFORCE REDUCTION FEAR OF JOB LOSS LABOR MARKET We examine the link between workforce reduction, subjective job insecurity, and mental health using individual level panel data for private-sector employees in Germany. We first estimate the effect of firm-level workforce reductions on mental health, finding a strong, negative, and statistically significant relationship. We then extensively examine the role of subjective job insecurity as mediating variable and its importance relative to other possible channels for the effect of workforce reduction on mental health. Eventually, as an extension to our analysis, we use life satisfaction as alternative outcome variable. 2017-08-11T15:30:44Z 2017-08-11T15:30:44Z 2017-01 Journal Article Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27746 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic	MENTAL HEALTH LIFE SATISFACTION JOB INSECURITY WORKFORCE REDUCTION FEAR OF JOB LOSS LABOR MARKET
spellingShingle	MENTAL HEALTH LIFE SATISFACTION JOB INSECURITY WORKFORCE REDUCTION FEAR OF JOB LOSS LABOR MARKET Reichert, Arndt R. Tauchmann, Harald Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health
description	We examine the link between workforce reduction, subjective job insecurity, and mental health using individual level panel data for private-sector employees in Germany. We first estimate the effect of firm-level workforce reductions on mental health, finding a strong, negative, and statistically significant relationship. We then extensively examine the role of subjective job insecurity as mediating variable and its importance relative to other possible channels for the effect of workforce reduction on mental health. Eventually, as an extension to our analysis, we use life satisfaction as alternative outcome variable.
format	Journal Article
author	Reichert, Arndt R. Tauchmann, Harald
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title	Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health
title_short	Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health
title_full	Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health
title_fullStr	Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health
title_full_unstemmed	Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health
title_sort	workforce reduction, subjective job insecurity, and mental health
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2017
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27746
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Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health

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