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Depression affecting work performance: gender differentials across occupations

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  • Pablo Arocena
  • Imanol Nuñez

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Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to study the incidence of depression affecting work (DAW) performance and estimates gender differences across occupations. Design/methodology/approach - – Using Labor Force Survey data from the UK in 2007, the authors first decompose the differential on the aggregate incidence rate of DAW between men and women into two components: the gender effect and the occupational effect. Then, the authors identify the stressors of DAW by means of a logit regression analysis. Findings - – The empirical results show that gender is not a significant explanatory variable of DAW. Further, when differences are analyzed for each gender separately, results show that the effect of occupations is stronger within females than within males. Originality/value - – Most of previous studies focus on occupational causes of depression. By contrast, this paper investigates the effect of depression on work performance.

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  • Pablo Arocena & Imanol Nuñez, 2014. "Depression affecting work performance: gender differentials across occupations," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 35(3), pages 250-266, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijmpps:v:35:y:2014:i:3:p:250-266
    DOI: 10.1108/IJM-04-2014-0090
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