Health Policy
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 99-127 , February 2012

Welfare states, flexible employment, and health: A critical review

  • Il-Ho Kim

      Affiliations

    • Bloomberg School of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Social and Epidemiological Research Centre for Addition and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Social and Epidemiological Research Centre for Addition and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Suite T-305, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S1, Canada. Tel.: +1 416 535 8501x4394.
    • ,
  • Carles Muntaner

      Affiliations

    • Bloomberg School of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Health Inequalities Research Group, Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (GREDS-EMCONET), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • ,
  • Faraz Vahid Shahidi

      Affiliations

    • Health Studies Program, University College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Alejandra Vives

      Affiliations

    • Health Inequalities Research Group, Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (GREDS-EMCONET), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • ,
  • Christophe Vanroelen

      Affiliations

    • Health Inequalities Research Group, Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (GREDS-EMCONET), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Department of Medical Sociology, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Joan Benach

      Affiliations

    • Health Inequalities Research Group, Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (GREDS-EMCONET), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Received 22 March 2011 ,Revised 24 October 2011 ,Accepted 5 November 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.002

Health Policy
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 99-127 , February 2012

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