Jones, M.K., Davies, R. and Lloyd-Williams, H. (2014) Age and Work-related Health: Insights from the UK Labour Force Survey. British Journal of Industrial Relations. ISSN 1467-8543
Abstract
Data from the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS) are used to examine two methodological issues in the analysis of the relationship between age and work-related health. First, the LFS is unusual in that it asks work-related health questions to those who are not currently employed. This facilitates a more representative analysis than that which is constrained to focus only on those currently in work. Second, information in the LFS facilitates a comparison of work-related health problems that stem from current employment to a more encompassing measure that includes those related to a former job. We find that accounting for each of these sources of bias increases the age work-related health risk gradient, and suggest that ignoring such effects will underestimate the work-related health implications of current policies to extend working lives.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in British Journal of Industrial Relations. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2015 11:55 |
Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2015 00:22 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12059 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/bjir.12059 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:83950 |