A meta-analysis on the relationship between unemployment and mental health was carried out on studies published during 1980-1996. One aim of the meta-analysis was to summarise the "unemployment effect-field" consisting of ...

In this thesis, the causal relations between unemployment and mental health are scrutinized. Three explanations for the relations are presented: A labour-market connection, a health selection and a complementary hypothesis. ...

These two volumes contain a selection of the contributions presented during the international conference "Work after 45?" on September 22-25, 1996 in Stockholm, Sweden. The conference was jointly organized by The National ...