Unemployment and health : international and interdisciplinary perspectives

Foreword vii Introduction ix SECTION 1 Health Effects of Unemployment Chapter 1 Explanations for Deteriorating Wellbeing in Unemployed People: Specific Unemployment Theories and Beyond 1 Peter A. Creed and Dee Bartrum Chapter 2 Insecurity, the Restructuring of Unemployment and Mental Health 21 David Fryer Chapter 3 Justice Concerns and Mental Health During Unemployment 35 Claudia Dalbert Chapter 4 Quantitative Reviews in Psychological Unemployment Research: An Overview 51 Karsten Ingmar Paul and Klaus Moser Chapter 5 Unemployment, Secure Employment and Insecure Employment: Differences in Self-Reported Ill Health 61 Bengt Starrin and Staffan Janson Chapter 6 The Finances–Shame Model and the Relation Between Unemployment and Health 75 Bengt Starrin and Leif R. Jönsson Chapter 7 Retrenchment and Health Parameters: A Short Report 99 Dimity Pond, Elizabeth Harris, Parker Magin, Amber Sutton, Vanessa Traynor, Kate D’Este and Susan Goode CONTENTS SECTION 1 (CONTINUED) Chapter 8 Suicidal Ideation in the Long-Term Unemployed: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study 109 Bjørgulf Claussen Chapter 9 Quality of Life of the Employed and Unemployed in Turkey: A Comparative Field Study 119 Yucel Demiral, Alp Ergör, Belgin Unal and Semih Semin Chapter 10 Health and Lifestyle of Reemployed and Unemployed People Following the Japanese Corporate Reorganisation Law 127 Tatsuya Ishitake and Tsunetaka Matoba Chapter 11 Do the Health Consequences of Unemployment Differ For Young Men and Women? 135 Anne Hammarström and Urban Janlert Chapter 12 Mass Lay-Offs and Tolerance for Mental Illness: Racial Differences in the Economy’s Effect on Coerced Treatment 143 Eric Kessell and Ralph Catalano Chapter 13 Demographic, Occupational and Employer-Related Determinants of Long-Term Unemployment Among Danish Employees 157 Thomas Lund and Merete Labriola Chapter 14 Organisational Citizenship Behaviours in Relation to Job Status, Job Insecurity, Organisation Commitment and Identification, Job Satisfaction and Work Values 167 N.T. Feather and Katrin A. Rauter CONTENTS (CONTINUED) SECTION 2 Interventions to Limit the Health Effects of Unemployment: Activation Policies and Empowerment Chapter 15 Active Labour Market Programs for Young Long-Term Unemployed: Psychological Impact of Participation in a Recent Program 181 Anthony H. Winefield and Edgar Carson Chapter 16 Explaining the Negative Relationship Between Length of Unemployment and the Willingness to Undertake a Job Training: A Self-Determination Perspective 199 Maarten Vansteenkiste, Hans De Witte and Willy Lens Chapter 17 The Role of Limited Duration Contracts in Labour Market Transition 219 Ola Bergström Chapter 18 Youth Unemployment and the Risk of Social Exclusion in Six European Countries 233 Thomas Kieselbach Chapter 19 Can Volunteering Be a Moderator of the Detrimental Effects of Engagement in (Un)Employment? 259 Jacques C. Metzer Chapter 20 Restructuring and Outplacement in the Netherlands 267 Ellen Heuven, Arnold Bakker and Wilmar Schaufeli Chapter 21 Unemployment and Activation Policy: The Finnish Experience 285 Simo Mannila About the Contributors 303