Z Lu
Biographic Data
| ID | 33635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Z Lu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Z |
| FAMILY NAME | Lu |
| SIGNATURE | LU Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3597-3801 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gender and Parenthood Differences in Work Time Fragmentation in the United States
Work time fragmentation refers to the number of distinct work episodes in a day, indicating disruptions in work schedules and the degree of workday fragmentation. With the expansion of flexible labor markets in the U.S., work time fragmentation has become more prevalent. Although gender and parenthood differences in labor market outcomes and family responsibilities are well studied, their manifestation in work time fragmentation remains underexpl…
The Gender Inequalities in Work Time Fragmentation and Anxiety
Racial/ethnic Variations in the Association Between Financial Strain and Well-Being
Financial strain is a major social stressor that adversely affects well-being, yet few studies have comprehensively examined whether its association differs by race/ethnicity. This study investigates whether the relationship between financial strain and two key outcomes—mental health and life satisfaction—varies across racial/ethnic groups using longitudinal data. Drawing on 13 waves of the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Survey (UKHLS), sp…
Dependence and Precarity in the Gig Economy
While there is a growing body of literature examining platform dependence and its implications for mental health, much of the research has focused on gig workers with small sample sizes. The lack of large-scale quantitative research, particularly using longitudinal representative data, limits a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic relationship between platform dependence and mental distress. This study uses nationally representative data fr…
Working Time Mismatch and Employee Subjective Well-being across Institutional Contexts
Despite the well-documented negative impact of working time mismatch on employee subjective well-being, little is known about the extent to which this association can be explained by job quality and how these patterns may differ across institutional contexts. Utilizing panel data from the UK and cross-country data from Europe, the decomposition analyses show that for underemployment, more than half of the negative effects are explained by low job…
Can Work Time Fragmentation Influence Workers' Subjective Time Pressure? The Roles of Gender and Parenthood
This article investigates how the fragmentation of work time influences subjective time pressure, and how this relationship varies across gender and parenthood status. This is an important question that has been neglected by previous studies. Using the latest UK time-use data ( N = 620) from 2020 to 2021 and Ordinary Least Squares regressions, the study finds that work time fragmentation generally predicts more subjective time pressure. Specifica…
Revisiting the ‘flexibility paradox’
Whether flexible work schedules facilitate the balance between work and non-work time or instead lead to longer working hours (known as ‘flexibility paradox’) has been extensively debated. Using representative time use data in the UK (2014–2015), this study contributes to the debates by exploring how different types of flexible schedules shape employees’ time use in various domains across gender and occupational groups. We find that using limited…
From Housewives to Employees, the Mental Benefits of Employment across Women with Different Gender Role Attitudes and Parenthood Status
Previous studies suggest that paid employment can improve workers' mental health status by offering a series of manifest and latent benefits (i.e., income, self-achievement and social engagement), which motivates policymakers' ongoing promotion of labour force participation as an approach to protect women's mental health status. This study extends the literature by investigating the mental health consequences of housewives' transition into paid e…
Gig work and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic
Can Volunteering Buffer the Negative Impacts of Unemployment and Economic Inactivity on Mental Health? Longitudinal Evidence from the United Kingdom
Previous research suggests that volunteering can mitigate the negative mental health impacts of unemployment but has yielded mixed results. This study extends the previous literature by examining whether volunteering can buffer the negative impacts of both unemployment and economic inactivity on mental health. Using nationally representative panel data from the United Kingdom Longitudinal Household Study (2010-2020) and fixed effects models, this…
Work Schedule Control and Allostatic Load Biomarkers
Accurate identification of the pastry contained in a ceramic pot excavated from Jurou Li's grave from the Jin dynasty (1115–1234 ce ) in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
In order to identify accurately the circular object contained in the ceramic pot excavated from Jurou Li's grave of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234 ce ) in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, mass spectrometry was applied to determine the amino acid sequences of the residual proteins extracted from the sample, after preliminary starch grain analysis. The sequences were searched against a standard protein sequence database. The proteins extracted were identified as…
Decreased bioavailability of vitamin D in obesity
Work Schedule Control and Allostatic Load Biomarkers
Gig work and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic
Can Work Time Fragmentation Influence Workers' Subjective Time Pressure? The Roles of Gender and Parenthood
This article investigates how the fragmentation of work time influences subjective time pressure, and how this relationship varies across gender and parenthood status. This is an important question that has been neglected by previous studies. Using the latest UK time-use data ( N = 620) from 2020 to 2021 and Ordinary Least Squares regressions, the study finds that work time fragmentation generally predicts more subjective time pressure. Specifica…
Accurate identification of the pastry contained in a ceramic pot excavated from Jurou Li's grave from the Jin dynasty (1115–1234 ce ) in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
In order to identify accurately the circular object contained in the ceramic pot excavated from Jurou Li's grave of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234 ce ) in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, mass spectrometry was applied to determine the amino acid sequences of the residual proteins extracted from the sample, after preliminary starch grain analysis. The sequences were searched against a standard protein sequence database. The proteins extracted were identified as…
Dependence and Precarity in the Gig Economy
While there is a growing body of literature examining platform dependence and its implications for mental health, much of the research has focused on gig workers with small sample sizes. The lack of large-scale quantitative research, particularly using longitudinal representative data, limits a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic relationship between platform dependence and mental distress. This study uses nationally representative data fr…
Working Time Mismatch and Employee Subjective Well-being across Institutional Contexts
Despite the well-documented negative impact of working time mismatch on employee subjective well-being, little is known about the extent to which this association can be explained by job quality and how these patterns may differ across institutional contexts. Utilizing panel data from the UK and cross-country data from Europe, the decomposition analyses show that for underemployment, more than half of the negative effects are explained by low job…
Decreased bioavailability of vitamin D in obesity
Accurate identification of the pastry contained in a ceramic pot excavated from Jurou Li's grave from the Jin dynasty (1115–1234 ce ) in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
In order to identify accurately the circular object contained in the ceramic pot excavated from Jurou Li's grave of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234 ce ) in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, mass spectrometry was applied to determine the amino acid sequences of the residual proteins extracted from the sample, after preliminary starch grain analysis. The sequences were searched against a standard protein sequence database. The proteins extracted were identified as…
Can Volunteering Buffer the Negative Impacts of Unemployment and Economic Inactivity on Mental Health? Longitudinal Evidence from the United Kingdom
Previous research suggests that volunteering can mitigate the negative mental health impacts of unemployment but has yielded mixed results. This study extends the previous literature by examining whether volunteering can buffer the negative impacts of both unemployment and economic inactivity on mental health. Using nationally representative panel data from the United Kingdom Longitudinal Household Study (2010-2020) and fixed effects models, this…
Work Schedule Control and Allostatic Load Biomarkers
Revisiting the ‘flexibility paradox’
Whether flexible work schedules facilitate the balance between work and non-work time or instead lead to longer working hours (known as ‘flexibility paradox’) has been extensively debated. Using representative time use data in the UK (2014–2015), this study contributes to the debates by exploring how different types of flexible schedules shape employees’ time use in various domains across gender and occupational groups. We find that using limited…
From Housewives to Employees, the Mental Benefits of Employment across Women with Different Gender Role Attitudes and Parenthood Status
Previous studies suggest that paid employment can improve workers' mental health status by offering a series of manifest and latent benefits (i.e., income, self-achievement and social engagement), which motivates policymakers' ongoing promotion of labour force participation as an approach to protect women's mental health status. This study extends the literature by investigating the mental health consequences of housewives' transition into paid e…
Gig work and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic
Can Work Time Fragmentation Influence Workers' Subjective Time Pressure? The Roles of Gender and Parenthood
This article investigates how the fragmentation of work time influences subjective time pressure, and how this relationship varies across gender and parenthood status. This is an important question that has been neglected by previous studies. Using the latest UK time-use data ( N = 620) from 2020 to 2021 and Ordinary Least Squares regressions, the study finds that work time fragmentation generally predicts more subjective time pressure. Specifica…
The Gender Inequalities in Work Time Fragmentation and Anxiety
Racial/ethnic Variations in the Association Between Financial Strain and Well-Being
Financial strain is a major social stressor that adversely affects well-being, yet few studies have comprehensively examined whether its association differs by race/ethnicity. This study investigates whether the relationship between financial strain and two key outcomes—mental health and life satisfaction—varies across racial/ethnic groups using longitudinal data. Drawing on 13 waves of the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Survey (UKHLS), sp…
Dependence and Precarity in the Gig Economy
While there is a growing body of literature examining platform dependence and its implications for mental health, much of the research has focused on gig workers with small sample sizes. The lack of large-scale quantitative research, particularly using longitudinal representative data, limits a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic relationship between platform dependence and mental distress. This study uses nationally representative data fr…
Working Time Mismatch and Employee Subjective Well-being across Institutional Contexts
Despite the well-documented negative impact of working time mismatch on employee subjective well-being, little is known about the extent to which this association can be explained by job quality and how these patterns may differ across institutional contexts. Utilizing panel data from the UK and cross-country data from Europe, the decomposition analyses show that for underemployment, more than half of the negative effects are explained by low job…
Gender and Parenthood Differences in Work Time Fragmentation in the United States
Work time fragmentation refers to the number of distinct work episodes in a day, indicating disruptions in work schedules and the degree of workday fragmentation. With the expansion of flexible labor markets in the U.S., work time fragmentation has become more prevalent. Although gender and parenthood differences in labor market outcomes and family responsibilities are well studied, their manifestation in work time fragmentation remains underexpl…
Employment and Welfare Studies (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (6 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Mental health (3 works)