Impact of multiple sclerosis on employment and income: Insights from a random sample representative of private sector employees in France using longitudinal administrative data
In conclusion, this study shows that the effects of MS on the employed population in the private sector occur early in the disease course and are cumulative, and that replacement income helps to reduce the loss of resources thanks to the French health and social system.PMID:38582662 | DOI:10.1016/j.neurol.2024.02.389 (Source: Revue Neurologique)
Source: Revue Neurologique - April 6, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: E Leray C Regaert E Duguet S Guillaume S Pichetti M Espagnacq Source Type: research

Measuring Employment and Unemployment from a Fuzzy Perspective. A Comparative Analysis Across European Countries
AbstractAccording to the standards set by the International Labour Office, people of working age who have performed some remunerated work during a specified short reference period are classified as employed, regardless of how many hours they have worked, while those who have not been able to work at all (despite wanting to) are classified as unemployed. As observed by many experts in the field, this rigid division between employed and unemployed can conceal labour markets with deeply different characteristics. In particular, the average number of hours worked and, more importantly, their distribution across employees may v...
Source: Social Indicators Research - April 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Food insecurity and sociodemographic factors in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that sociodemographic factors associated with food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America were rural residence; complete and incomplete basic and secondary schooling; occupation (homemaker, unemployed, and self-employed); low, medium-low, and medium socioeconomic level; household with more than four persons; and household with children younger than 10 years of age.PMID:38576847 | PMC:PMC10993803 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.21 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Stephanie Novoa-Sanzana Jos é Moya-Osorio Yadira Morej ón Terán Israel R íos-Castillo Luis Miguel Becerra Granados Gloria Prada G ómez M ónica Ramos de Ixtacuy Roxana Carla Fern ández Condori Mar ía Celeste Nessier Ana Guerrero G ómez Laura Gonz Source Type: research