UNEMPLOYMENT AND MENTAL-HEALTH

Studies on the relationship between unemployment and mental health are classified according to the individual or aggregate data on which the y are based, as micro- or as macrostudies. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of both research approaches. There is cur rently a deficit of prospective, controlled studies suitable for testi ng causal models according to different moderator variables (sex, age, socioeconomic status, social support, motivation to work, length of u nemployment).