Travail de recherche/Working paper
| Résumé : | The first wave of COVID-19 has had a massive impact on the use of work and employment arrangements, but little is known about their specific impact on older workers’ health. Using data from SHARE (waves 8) collected during summer 2020 (N=9,593), the study looks at the association between self-perceived change in health since the start of the pandemic and work and employment arrangements after controlling for covariates in 27 countries using mixed-effect models. Results indicate a positive effect of home working. In contrast, partial home working is associated with a negative impact on self-perceived health except when working time is reduced. Unemployment and partial unemployment have adverse effects on health but stop being significant after controlling for co-linearity. The study emphasises the need to promote home working together with working time reductions but also stresses the necessity to account for gender discrepancies outside of work and employment settings. |
