Employment and Welfare Studies
Employment and Welfare Studies is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 56k research works in it since 1950. 31.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of precarious employment, unemployment, and economic crises on mental and physical health. It investigates the associations between job insecurity, temporary employment, and austerity measures with various health outcomes, including mental health disorders, mortality, and overall well-being. The research emphasizes the social determinants of health within the context of labor market dynamics and economic fluctuations.
- Precarious Employment
- Unemployment
- Mental Health
- Economic Crisis
- Job Insecurity
- Health Outcomes
- Temporary Employment
- Austerity Measures
- Social Determinants of Health
- Labor Market
- Research works
- 56k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 18k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 31.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +53% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Employment and Welfare Studies research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (2.4k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2.4k works
- 2 United Kingdom 1.3k works
- 3 China 740 works
- 4 Germany 681 works
- 5 India 673 works
- 6 Australia 583 works
- 7 Canada 537 works
- 8 Italy 429 works
- 9 Spain 421 works
- 10 France 347 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Employment and Welfare Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Employment and Welfare Studies research, followed by Sapienza University of Rome and The University of Melbourne.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 58 works
- 2 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 57 works
- 3 The University of MelbourneAustralia 57 works
- 4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 56 works
- 5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 56 works
- 6 University of TorontoCanada 50 works
- 7 The University of SydneyAustralia 46 works
- 8 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 46 works
- 9 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 45 works
- 10 IZA - Institute of Labor EconomicsGermany 42 works
Who are the leading researchers in Employment and Welfare Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Employment and Welfare Studies include Simon I Hay, Ronald C. Kessler and Joseph E. Stiglitz.
- 1 Simon I Hay United States 12k citations
- 2 Ronald C. Kessler United States 9.8k citations
- 3 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 7.4k citations
- 4 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Employment and Welfare Studies research done?
The largest centres of Employment and Welfare Studies research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Melbourne (Australia) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nuremberg, Roskilde and London.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- NurembergDE · 26.9 works17×
- RoskildeDK · 21.7 works10×
- London21.5 works10×
- TilburgNL · 23.5 works9.8×
- ColchesterGB · 21.5 works8.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Employment and Welfare Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Employment and Welfare Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, European University Institute, Bocconi University and London School of Economics and Political Science score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | European University InstituteItaly | 74.5 | 56.6% | 10.2× | 10 | +211.1% |
| 2 | Bocconi UniversityItaly | 66.2 | 37.4% | 10.4× | 12 | +240.8% |
| 3 | London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom | 65.2 | 32.8% | 14.8× | 46 | +14.7% |
| 4 | OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan UniversityNorway | 62.8 | 34.4% | 9.5× | 12 | +415.6% |
| 5 | Stockholm UniversitySweden | 61.2 | 35.0% | 8.1× | 34 | +48.5% |
| 6 | Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom | 61.2 | 38.4% | 4.9× | 26 | +249.0% |
| 7 | Roskilde UniversityDenmark | 60.5 | 38.9% | 13.6× | 22 | +34.5% |
| 8 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 58.7 | 39.6% | 3.4× | 56 | +83.3% |
| 9 | RMIT UniversityAustralia | 57.5 | 48.2% | 4.0× | 18 | +118.9% |
| 10 | Iscte – Instituto Universitário de LisboaPortugal | 57.4 | 37.2% | 11.9× | 14 | +58.4% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Employment and Welfare Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Employment and Welfare Studies.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.