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.