Background A work accident constitutes a shock to health, likely to alter mental states and afect the use of psy‑ chotropic drugs. We focus on the use of benzodiazepines, which are a class of drugs commonly used to treat anxi‑ ety and insomnia. Prolonged use can lead to dependence. Our...

Whereas there are recent papers on the effect of robot adoption on employment and wages, there is no evidence on how robots affect non-monetary working conditions. We explore the impact of robot adoption on several domains of non-monetary working conditions in Europe over the period 1995-2005...

Whereas there are recent papers on the effect of robot adoption on employment and wages, there is no evidence on how robots affect non-monetaryworking conditions. We explore the impact of robot adoption on several domains of non-monetary working conditions in Europe over the period 1995-2005...

Whereas there are recent papers on the effect of robot adoption on employment and wages, there is no evidence on how robots affect non-monetary working conditions. We explore the impact of robot adoption on several domains of non-monetary working conditions in Europe over the period 1995-2005...

This paper provides a conceptual framework for the emerging phenomenon of algorithmic man-agement and outlines some of the implications for work, from work organisation to working condi-tions (job quality). The paper defines algorithmic management as the use of computer-programmed procedures for...

The study provides an overview of existing indicators of job quality, their development and the relevant on-going work at EU level. It further analyses the strengths and weaknesses of each set of indicators with a view to assessing their significance. The definition of quality of employment,...

Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of the two-way causal relationship between these two variables: health status influences the probability of being employed and, at the same time, working affects the health...