Jakubowska, A. Depressive Disorders and EU Labour Resources—The Problem of Lost Productivity in Highly Developed Economies. Psychiatry Int.2024, 5, 169-187.
Jakubowska, A. Depressive Disorders and EU Labour Resources—The Problem of Lost Productivity in Highly Developed Economies. Psychiatry Int. 2024, 5, 169-187.
Jakubowska, A. Depressive Disorders and EU Labour Resources—The Problem of Lost Productivity in Highly Developed Economies. Psychiatry Int.2024, 5, 169-187.
Jakubowska, A. Depressive Disorders and EU Labour Resources—The Problem of Lost Productivity in Highly Developed Economies. Psychiatry Int. 2024, 5, 169-187.
Abstract
The aim of the research presented here is to assess the impact of depressive disorders on the potential of the labour markets in the countries of the European Union, with particular reference to the disparities between the 'old' and 'new' EU countries. The initial hypothesis of persistent inequalities in the system under study was verified by analysing the process of convergence in the burden of depressive disorders among people aged 20-54 that occurred in the EU-27 group of countries between 1990 and 2019. The study used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (IHME, 2020), which examined the number of years lived with disability (YLD) due to depression in the working age population. The analysis showed that the high burden of the consequences of depressive disorders is particularly true for the highly developed economies of the EU-14. The results of the convergence assessment did not confirm the real effect of catching up over time with economies in a more favourable situation, and the inequalities observed at the beginning of the analysis period deepened..
Keywords
indirect costs of depression; burden of disease; lost productivity; inequality in the EU
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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