title: Changes in the labour market and health inequalities during the years of the recent economic downturn in Italy.
abstract: There is widespread concern that episodes of unemployment and unstable working conditions adversely affect health. We add to the debate by focusing on the relationship between work trajectory and the self-reported health of Italian men and women during the present economic downturn. Relying on Italian data in the EU-SILC project (from 2007 to 2010), our sample includes all individuals aged 30 to 60 in 2010, and uses multivariate binomial regression models for preliminary analyses and the Structural Equations modelling (SEM) to observe the cumulative effects of health status according to different job trajectories. Our main findings show similar pictures for men and women. Individuals who are unemployed, ejected or in precarious occupational positions have a higher risk of worsening their health status during these years.
authors.affiliation: University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Italy. Electronic address: simone.sarti@unimi.it.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarti
authors.affiliation: Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Science (FORS) and University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057172:Economic Recession; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014478:Unemployment
keywords: Cumulative advantage theory; Economic crisis; Health inequalities; Italy; Job trajectories; Labour market; Social inequalities