JOB QUALITY AND WELL-BEING IN OECD COUNTRIES

Abstract

The lifestyle of world citizens has suffered an unprecedented impact as a result of the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 Economies and worldwide societies expect huge damages comparable to that caused by war To the effects of this crisis on employment and wages must be added those produced in the workplace, with a foreseeable increase in job strain, not only as of the result of the health security reasons in the workplace but also to the effects on work-life balance, training and promotion possibilities, etc This research analyses the impact of the economic situation on health, the influence of health on labour strain and on job quality Using OECD data and a structural equation model, we have investigated the relationship between economy, health, quality of the job, work-life balance and well-being The importance of security and safeness in the workplace is one of the items for evaluating job strain, particularly when they become even more crucial in pandemic times This issue implicates not only the real risk of individual and social health but also a stressful situation for workers The main contribution of our paper relies on establishing and prove causal relations among social and economic variables related to health, well-being and job quality, including safeness at the workplace Considering that this relationship will probably become reinforced after a pandemic, like COVID-19, the actual relevance of the analysed topic and the achieved results becomes crucial [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Technological & Economic Development of Economy is the property of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder s express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )