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The Working Conditions and Health of Non-Permanent Employees: Are There Differences between Private and Public Labour Markets?

Pekka Virtanen

University of Tampere

Antti Saloniemi

University of Tampere

Jussi Vahtera

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Mika Kivimaäki

University of Helsinki

Marianna Virtanen

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Markku Koskenvuo

University of Helsinki

Increasing levels of non-permanent employment have raised concern about quality of working life in the public sector. This Finnish study examines whether the public sector can be characterized as a ‘model employer’ with regard to the working conditions and well-being of fixed-term employees. Compared to the private sector, the difference in the physical load between non-permanent and permanent employees is significantly smaller in the public sector. Comparison of psychosocial strain shows a difference in favour of non-permanent employees, particularly among women working in the public sector. The association between type of employment contract and health is similar in both sectors. The equality between permanent and nonpermanent employees gives reason to benchmark the public sector as a model, even if the present findings may be due partly to sectorspecific occupational structures.

Key Words: health • job content questionnaire • labour market sector • non-permanent employment • physical job load

Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 27, No. 1, 39-65 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X06061072
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