Flexible Work Solutions

Health & the Workplace

Hourly Jobs

Immigrant Workers & Families

Intimate Partner Violence, Employment & the Workplace

Older Workers

Regional Economic Development

Working Caregivers


health and the workplace

iWin Health and the Workplace research is an emerging area with a particular emphasis on the relationship between quality employment and employee health outcomes. Studies conducted to date have analyzed data from a national representative survey of U.S. workers to explore relationships between job conditions and self-reported health.

man and child on bikeQuality Jobs in the New Millennium: Incorporating Flexible Work Options as a Strategy to Assist Working Families
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Swanberg, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Leigh Ann Simmons, Ph.D., University of Kentucky

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man and child on bikeWorking Poor Blues: Job Quality and Depression among Low-Wage Workers in the United States
Principal Investigator: Leigh Ann Simmons, Ph.D. University of Kentucky
Co-Principal Investigator: Jennifer Swanberg, Ph.D.

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