Who suffers most from the health effects of long-term work stress?

As populations across the developed world grow older, Governments are keen to find ways to enable workers to stay active and fit for longer. At the same time there's a growing body of evidence that showsthat work-related stress can lead to long-term health problems.

In a new WorkLife blog, Morten Wahrendorf discusses research with Tarani Chandola looking at which types of employment histories are particularly harmful, and how those effects play out over time.

WorkLife is a blog from the ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies which examines the relationship between work and  health and well-being of people, whether they are preparing for  working life, managing their work / life balance or preparing for retirement and life beyond retirement.