Kamerāde, D 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2019-3391 and Bennett, MR
2018,
'Rewarding work : cross-national differences in benefits, volunteering during unemployment, well-being and mental health'
, Work, Employment and Society, 32 (1)
, pp. 38-56.
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Abstract
Due to increasing labour market flexibilisation a growing number of people are likely to experience unemployment and, as a consequence, lower mental health and well-being. This article examines cross-national differences in well-being and mental health between unemployed people who engage in voluntary work and those who do not, using multilevel data from the European Quality of Life Survey on unemployed individuals in 29 European countries and other external sources. This article finds that, regardless of their voluntary activity, unemployed people have higher levels of well-being and mental health in countries with more generous unemployment benefits. Unexpectedly, the results also suggest that regular volunteering can actually be detrimental for mental health in countries with less generous unemployment benefits. This article concludes that individual agency exercised through voluntary work can partially improve well-being but the generosity of unemployment benefits is vital for alleviating the negative mental health effects of unemployment.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Schools: | Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Work, Employment and Society |
| Publisher: | Sage |
| ISSN: | 0950-0170 |
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| Funders: | The European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration |
| Depositing User: | Dr D Kamerāde |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2016 13:36 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2022 21:32 |
| URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/40992 |
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