Welfare state regimes and differences in self-perceived health in Europe: A multilevel analysis

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“…insider and occupational status), which becomes the reason behind individuals' education and, ultimately, their income and health. Thus, this interdependency structure is especially plausible since we know from literature on the welfare state that women eas well as young people, older and/or less skilled workerse are identified as outsiders in the divided structure of the labor market in Southern European countries (Esping-Andersen, 1999;Bambra, 2007). In other words, we could say that the more unfavorable position of women in the labor market in these countries may also be related to their worse subjective state of health.…”

“…Central and Southern European regimes as the Conservative model); others could be included (e.g. Catholic countries) (Esping-Andersen, 1999;Bambra, 2007). Consequently, taking into account this weakness, future studies should aim to improve this classification, trying out other possibilities to increase the variability of the final model and, at the same time, to identify countries' idiosyncrasies.…”

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