Low wages as occupational health hazards

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• Personal Author:
  De Vogli R ; Leigh JP
• Description:
  The history of occupational medicine has been characterized by ever-widening recognition of hazards, from fires in 1911 to asbestos in the 1960s, to job strain in the 1990s. In this essay, we argue for broadening the recognition further to include low wages. We first review possible mechanisms explaining the effects of wages on health or health behaviors. Mechanisms involve self-esteem, job satisfaction, deprivation, social rank, the ''full'' price of bad health, patience, and the ability to purchase health-producing goods and services. Second, we discuss empirical studies that rely on large, typically national, data sets and statistical models that use either instrumental variables or natural experiments and also account for other family income. Finally, we draw implications for laws governing minimum wages and labor unions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Hazardous Substances Mental Health Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Employee Satisfaction Health Care Health Effects Health Hazards Labor Unions Psychological Effects Psychology Psychosocial Factors Worker Health Workers
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  444-447
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047991
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2016 May; 58(5):444-447
• Contact Point Address:
  J. Paul Leigh, PhD, Department of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis Medical School, MS1C, Davis, CA 95616-8638
• Email:
  pleigh@ucdavis.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202887/cdc_202887_DS1.pdf
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