How job rank and control shape health across adulthood
Analyzing the roles of workplace position and agency in health over the life course
This project looks at how whether someone is an employee, manager, or business owner and how much control they have at work relate to health for adults over their lives.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | New York University School of Medicine NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New York, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11470683 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
Researchers will use large, existing surveys and health records to follow adults' work histories, wages, job control, and health over many years. They will compare people in different workplace positions (employees, managers, owners) to see how cumulative exposure to low control or precarious work links to self-rated health, mental health, and mortality. The team will also model how policies or changes in workplace agency might change those health patterns. Results come from analyzing national data rather than new clinical visits or treatments.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults who have worked in paid jobs (employees, supervisors/managers, or business owners) and are interested in how work conditions affect health are most relevant to this work.
Not a fit: Children, people who have never participated in the workforce, or those whose illnesses are unrelated to social or workplace factors are unlikely to directly benefit.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the findings could point to workplace changes or policies that reduce health differences and improve long-term health for people in lower-control jobs.
How similar studies have performed: Prior research has linked wages and job control to health, but using life-course data to measure cumulative effects of workplace position and test policy impacts is a newer approach.
Where this research is happening
New York, United States
- New York University School of Medicine — New York, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Eisenberg-Guyot, Jerzy — New York University School of Medicine
- Study coordinator: Eisenberg-Guyot, Jerzy
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.