Living on the Margin: The Relationship between Mental Health and Work in Australia

该项目将评估澳大利亚人的心理健康与其工作之间的关系，例如就业状况、工作条件和工作时间。这项研究首次利用了心理健康和就业转变的详细时间，以确定糟糕的劳动力市场结果是否会导致心理健康状况不佳，还是相反。新的澳大利亚数据将用于了解心理健康与工作之间的联系是否会增加家庭的经济脆弱性和面临无家可归风险的人。研究结果将促进我们对心理健康影响整体经济福祉的方式的理解，并将为当前促进经济参与和良好心理健康的政策举措提供信息。

This project will assess the relationship between Australians' mental health and their work, for example, employment status, work conditions and hours. The study is the first to exploit the detailed timing of mental health and employment transitions to identify whether poor labour market outcomes lead to poor mental health or whether the reverse is true. New Australian data will be used to understand whether the link between mental health and work adds to the economic vulnerability of families and those at risk of homelessness. The results will advance our understanding of the way that mental health affects overall economic well-being and will inform current policy initiatives to promote economic participation and good mental health.