abstract: 'This article reports evidence gained by the SOPHIE Project regarding

  employment and labor market-related policies. In the first step, quality

  of employment and of precarious and informal employment in Europe were

  conceptualized and defined. Based on these definitions, we analyzed

  changes in the prevalence and population distribution of key

  health-affecting characteristics of employment and work between times of

  economic prosperity and economic crisis in Europe and investigated their

  impact on health outcomes. Additionally, we examined the effects of

  several employment and labor market-related policies on factors

  affecting health equity, including a specific analysis concerning

  work-related gender equity policies and case studies in different

  European countries. Our findings show that there is a need to

  standardize definitions and indicators of (the quality of) employment

  conditions and improve information systems. This is challenging given

  the important differences between and within European countries. In our

  results, low quality of employment and precarious employment is

  associated with poor mental health. In order to protect the well-being

  of workers and reduce work-related health inequalities, policies leading

  to precarious working and employment conditions need to be suspended.

  Instead, efforts should be made to improve the security and quality of

  employment for all workers.'
affiliation: 'Julia, M (Corresponding Author), Campus Ciutadella Merce Rodoreda Bldg,
  Barcelona 08005, Spain.

  Julia, Mireia; Olle-Espluga, Laia; Vanroelen, Christophe; Muntaner, Carles; Benach,
  Joan, Univ Pompeu Fabra, Dept Polit \& Social Sci, Employment Condit Knowledge Network
  GREDS EMCONET, Hlth Inequal Res Grp, Barcelona, Spain.

  Julia, Mireia; Olle-Espluga, Laia; Benach, Joan, Johns Hopkins Univ Univ Pompeu
  Fabra Publ Policy, Barcelona, Spain.

  Vanroelen, Christophe; De Moortel, Deborah; Mousaid, Sarah, Vrije Univ Brussel,
  Dept Sociol, Interface Demog, Brussels, Belgium.

  Vinberg, Stig, Mid Sweden Univ, Dept Hlth Sci, Ostersund, Sweden.

  Puig-Barrachina, Vanessa, Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

  Sanchez, Esther, Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Occupat Hlth Serv, Barcelona, Spain.

  Artazcoz, Lucia, Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Hlth Promot, Barcelona, Spain.

  Puig-Barrachina, Vanessa; Sanchez, Esther; Artazcoz, Lucia, CIBER Epidemiol \& Salud
  Publ, Barcelona, Spain.

  Muntaner, Carles, Univ Toronto, Bloomberg Fac Nursing, Toronto, ON, Canada.

  Muntaner, Carles, Univ Toronto, Dalla Lana Sch Publ Hlth, Div Social \& Behav Hlth
  Sci, Toronto, ON, Canada.

  Benach, Joan, Univ Autonoma Madrid, Transdisciplinary Res Grp Socioecol Transit
  GinTR, Madrid, Spain.'
author: Julia, Mireia and Olle-Espluga, Laia and Vanroelen, Christophe and De Moortel,
  Deborah and Mousaid, Sarah and Vinberg, Stig and Puig-Barrachina, Vanessa and Sanchez,
  Esther and Muntaner, Carles and Artazcoz, Lucia and Benach, Joan
author-email: mireia.julia@upf.edu
author_list:
- family: Julia
  given: Mireia
- family: Olle-Espluga
  given: Laia
- family: Vanroelen
  given: Christophe
- family: De Moortel
  given: Deborah
- family: Mousaid
  given: Sarah
- family: Vinberg
  given: Stig
- family: Puig-Barrachina
  given: Vanessa
- family: Sanchez
  given: Esther
- family: Muntaner
  given: Carles
- family: Artazcoz
  given: Lucia
- family: Benach
  given: Joan
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0020731416676233
eissn: 1541-4469
files: []
issn: 0020-7314
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES
keywords: 'employment conditions; labor market; employment policies; health

  inequalities; SOPHIE project'
keywords-plus: 'WORK-LIFE BALANCE; PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT; PART-TIME; INFORMAL

  EMPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONAL-HEALTH; SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION; EMPLOYEES; IMPACT;

  SAFETY; FAMILY'
language: English
month: JAN
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '65'
orcid-numbers: 'Artazcoz, Lucía/0000-0002-6300-5111

  Olle-Espluga, Laia/0000-0001-8943-6625

  Julia, Mireia/0000-0002-7432-0942

  Olle-Espluga, Laia/0000-0001-8943-6625

  Benach, Joan/0000-0003-2285-742X

  Sanchez-Ledesma, Esther/0000-0001-9154-4553

  De Moortel, Deborah/0000-0002-8542-128X

  Vanroelen, Christophe/0000-0001-8619-8553'
pages: 18-39
papis_id: d16478517c8407bbc009f000627bced5
ref: Julia2017employmentlabor
researcherid-numbers: 'Artazcoz, Lucía/G-9538-2017

  Olle-Espluga, Laia/AAE-6484-2021

  Julia, Mireia/H-2512-2013

  Olle-Espluga, Laia/H-2516-2013

  Benach, Joan/H-2519-2013

  Vanroelen, Christophe/O-6731-2017

  '
times-cited: '4'
title: 'Employment and Labor Market Results of the SOPHIE Project: Concepts, Analyses,
  and Policies'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000390856700003
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '27'
volume: '47'
web-of-science-categories: Health Care Sciences \& Services; Health Policy \& Services
year: '2017'