The negative mental health effect of unemployment [Elektronische Ressource] : meta-analyses of cross-sectional and longitudinal data / Karsten Ingmar Paul
The negative mental health effect of unemployment: Meta-analyses of cross-sectional and longitudinal data Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des akadamischen Grades eines Doktors der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (Dr. rer. pol.) der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Karsten Ingmar Paul Füll 2 90403 Nürnberg Referent: Prof. Dr. Klaus Moser Koreferent: Prof. Dr. Manfred Stosberg Datum der Disputation: 02.11.2005 To my parents, Artur and Hannelore Paul, in love and gratitude.Contents Contents................................................................................................................. 4 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 8 1.1. Research questions .......................................................................................................... 8 1.2. Structure of the thesis...................................................................................................... 9 2. Unemployment: The history of the concept, definitions, unemployment figures.................................................................................................................. 11 2.1. The concept of unemployment...................................................................................... 11 2.2.