Lost mind, lost job? Unequal effects of corporate downsizings on employees

Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Edvard Johansson

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We investigate whether employees with mental health disorders are likelier to be laid off during corporate downsizings. Our study uses nationwide administrative data from all private sector firms and their employees in Finland from 2001 to 2017 and focuses on firms with at least 20 employees that reduced their workforce by at least 20% over two consecutive years. We analyse whether the employees who were laid off had more diagnosed mental health disorders prior to downsizing compared than those who were not laid off. Controlling for employee characteristics, our baseline results show that a mental health disorder diagnosis in the 3 years before downsizing increases the likelihood of being laid off by about 6 percentage points. This highlights the increased vulnerability of employees with mental health disorders in mass layoff situations.
OriginalspråkEngelska
TidskriftGerman Journal of Human Resource Management: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung
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StatusE-pub före tryck - 7 apr. 2024
MoE-publikationstypA1 Tidskriftsartikel-refererad

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