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"La sicurezza sul lavoro dipende da molteplici fattori. Con l'obiettivo di indagare sulle cause degli infortuni sul lavoro e delle malattie professionali, si sono analizzati i dati provenienti dall'Indagine sulle forze di lavoro del 2007. Il tipo di rapporto di lavo­ro, in particolare il tipo di contratto (a tempo de­terminato o indeterminato), non sembra avere un effetto preciso sulla sicurezza sul lavoro. Maggiori probabilità di infortuni e malattie si hanno a causa di: cattive condizioni nelle quali di fatto si presta l'attività lavorativa, non essere al primo lavoro, in­soddisfazione verso l'attuale lavoro, essere maschi (per gli infortuni) o femmine (per le malattie) e una propensione latente osservata attraverso il veri­ficarsi di incidenti nel tragitto casa-lavoro. L'analisi evidenzia, inoltre, che gli infortuni e le malattie pro­fessionali sono due fenomeni fortemente correlati."

"Working conditions exert a major influence on accidents and illnesses at work as well as on job satisfaction and health, yet very little research has examined the determinants of working conditions. By exploiting the Italian Labour Force Survey, this paper provides evidence on the underlying factors affecting working conditions. It provides a behavioural interpretation of the results, which stems from the discrepancy between actual and expected working conditions. Workers declare their perceived working conditions influenced by the difference between the actual and the expected working conditions. Variables concerning personal characteristics, such as gender, education and being employed in the first job, shift expectations about working conditions and accordingly perceived working conditions. On the contrary, variables related to work characteristics, such as working full time, with shifts and in a large place, affect actual and thus perceived working conditions (negatively)."

"The topic of work safety is a very relevant and multifaceted problem for workers, firms and policy makers. Differing from other narrow-scope studies, this article aims to enrich the understanding of workplace safety as a whole by applying econometric techniques on data from the Italian Labour Force Survey. Findings show poor working conditions are the most significant determinants of accidents and illnesses occurring at work, while having a fixed-term (temporary) contract is not significant. Other significant determinants of work safety are: not being new to the workforce; dissatisfaction with the current job; gender; and a latent proneness observed with occurrence of accident on the way to work. This article also highlights that work related accidents and illnesses are two deeply correlated phenomena and that there is a structural break after three years on the job."