Working apart: Domestic outsourcing in Europe
status: published
Delayed maturation of the exoskeleton and muscle fibres in the ant Platythyrea punctata
status: Published online
Displaced or depressed? Working in automatable jobs and mental health
Automation may destroy jobs and change the labor demand structure, thereby potentially impacting workers' mental health. Implementing propensity score matching on French individual survey data, we find that working in an automatable job is associated with a 3 pp increase in the probability of suffering from mental disorders. Fear of automation thro...
The effect of juvenile hormone on the chemical profile and fertility of Lasius niger queens
status: published
Getting out or shifting to part time: Gender disparities in the impacts of corporate restructuring
This article looks at gender disparities during large‐scale corporate restructuring. Whereas the literature focuses on discrimination in top‐down processes, we analyze why employee self‐selection still yields gender inequalities. Based on the personnel files of an airline company and 55 in‐depth interviews, results show that men were more likely to...
The Social Structures of Sleep: Effects of Work-Related and Family Constraints on Sleep Duration and Regularity Among Fr...
Previous research shows that sleep time is shaped by family constraints and paid work organisation. However, the impact of both work and family on sleep routines is relatively unknown. Using the 2009–2010 French Time Use Survey, this article examines how workers’ sleep routines are affected by paid work and family situation, and emphasises the soci...
Uncovering the role of juvenile hormone in ovary development and egg laying in bumble bees
Juvenile hormone (JH) regulates developmental and physiological processes in insects. In bumble bees, the hormone acts as a gonadotropin that mediates ovary development, but the exact physiological pathways involved in ovary activation and subsequent egg laying are poorly understood. In this study, we examine how queen hibernation state, caste, and...
Analysis of Hexavalent Chromium in Cement Samples From Countries Within and Outside the EU: A Study From the Internation...
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Background: Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) caused by hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) is often severe and difficult to treat. The content of Cr(VI) in cement can be reduced by, for example, addition of iron(II) sulfate. Since 2005 the content of Cr(VI) in cement is regulated in the EU Directive 2003/53/EC and must not exceed 2 ppm. Since this regula...
Employees in higher-level occupations outlive manual workers. How long do they live in retirement or (in)activity?
In 2018, life expectancy at age 35 was almost 50 years for men in higher-level occupations versus 44 years for manual workers, a gap of nearly 6 years. These differences remain large at age 62: 3 years 6 months for men and 2 years 8 months for women. Despite a younger retirement age, male manual workers spend 2 fewer years in retirement than men in...
Les ouvriers vivent moins longtemps que les cadres : combien de temps passent-ils à la retraite et en (in)activité ?
En 2018, l’espérance de vie à 35 ans des hommes cadres est de près de 50 ans, contre 44 ans pour les ouvriers, soit presque 6 ans d’écart. Ces écarts d’espérance de vie sont encore importants à 62 ans : 3 ans et 6 mois ans chez les hommes, 2 ans et 8 mois chez les femmes. En dépit d’un départ à la retraite plus précoce, les ouvriers passent 2 année...
