Part-Time Jobs, Mental Health, and Earning University Credit

Physically and psychologically hazardous jobs and mental health in Thailand

This paper investigates associations between hazardous jobs, mental health and wellbeing among Thai adults. In 2005, 87 134 distance-learning students from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University completed a self-administered questionnaire; at the 2009 follow-up 60 569 again participated. Job characteristics were reported in 2005, psychological distress and life satisfaction were reported in bot...

Working-Class Jobs and New Parents’ Mental Health

Little research has explored linkages between work conditions and mental health in workingclass employed parents. The current study aims to address this gap, employing hierarchical linear modeling techniques to examine how levels of and changes in job autonomy, job urgency, supervisor support, and coworker support predicted parents’ depressive symptoms in a sample of 113 dual-earner couples int...

Part II. Socioeconomic Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Disorder

Part II. Socioeconomic Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Disorder

The Wage Performance of Immigrant Women: Full-Time Jobs, Part-Time Jobs, and the Role of Selection

This paper contrasts labour participation behaviour and wages of native and immigrant women. Since the impact of family structure on labor supply differs between natives and immigrants, we explicitly distinguish between part-time and full-time jobs. The choice of jobs is accounted for by an ordered probit selection model with an incidental threshold, thus offering a flexible strategy to address...