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Unemployment, Social Vulnerability, and Health in Europe

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Detlef Schwefel

    1. MEDIS — Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung, Gesellschaft für Strahlen- und Umweltforschung mbH München, Neuherberg, Federal Republic of Germany

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  2. Per-Gunnar Svensson

    1. Region Office for Europe, World Health Organization, Copenhagen ø, Denmark

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  3. Herbert Zöllner

    1. Region Office for Europe, World Health Organization, Copenhagen ø, Denmark

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Questions and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Unemployment, Social Vulnerability, and Health in Europe

      • D. Schwefel, P.-G. Svensson, H. Zöllner
      Pages 3-16

    3. Problems of Measuring the Impact of Economic Change on Health

      • A. M. D. Porter, S. Platt, M. Colledge
      Pages 17-28

  5. Youth Unemployment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. The Effects of Youth Unemployment: A Review of the Literature

      • V. L. Damstrup
      Pages 167-183

    3. Unemployment and the Restructuring of Youth Labour Markets

      • K. Roberts, S. Dench, D. Richardson
      Pages 184-195

    4. Young and Unemployed: Special Problems?

      • I. P. Spruit, P.-G. Svensson
      Pages 196-208

  6. Long-Term Unemployment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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About this book

It is not easy to summarize the studies that have dealt with the health effects of un­ employment on the unemployed. The main problem impeding a comparison of their results is the diversity of theoretical constructs associated with physical and especially mental health and, above all, an apparently inexhaustible variety of op­ erationalizations of these constructs. It is significant that the six conclusions drawn from the present state of unemployment research by the organizers of a re­ cent conference on the individual and social consequences of unemployment in­ cluded the following request: "In view of the relevant constructs, it seems to be most urgent to find or to develop operationalizations which can be agreed upon, in order to guarantee comparability of research results" (Kieselbach and Wacker 1985, p. XX; my translation). Nevertheless, the results of these studies allow the statement that a negative in­ fluence of job loss on psychological well-being can be regarded as a validated finding. The influence on physical health, however, must be assessed very careful­ ly and in a differentiated manner. The few investigations dealing with this ques­ tion arrive at different conclusions; moreover, possibly relieving effects of unem­ ployment on health come into sight.

Editors and Affiliations

  • MEDIS — Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung, Gesellschaft für Strahlen- und Umweltforschung mbH München, Neuherberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Detlef Schwefel

  • Region Office for Europe, World Health Organization, Copenhagen ø, Denmark

    Per-Gunnar Svensson, Herbert Zöllner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unemployment, Social Vulnerability, and Health in Europe

  • Editors: Detlef Schwefel, Per-Gunnar Svensson, Herbert Zöllner

  • Series Title: Health Systems Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83112-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-17867-5Published: 17 September 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-83112-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-4002

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 325

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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