Unemployment and Mortality : Evidence from the Great Recession

Did unemployment in the Great Recession hurt people's health? The broad answer is no: job losses have statistically insignificant impacts on mortality. The exogenous sources of job losses in a U.S. county is the tradable job losses driven by external demand collapses during the Great Recession. The insignificant relationship holds for males and females, for all age groups, and for almost all categories of mortality. Three important exceptions are Alzheimer's, poisoning, and homicide.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nguyen, Ha, Nguyen, Huong
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-03
Subjects:JOBS, EMPLOYMENT, EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, URBANIZATION, PRODUCTION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, PEOPLE, KIDNEY DISEASES, EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH, ABUSE, DEATHS, INCOME, QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, PREVENTION, MORBIDITY, SUICIDE, AGE GROUP, DRUGS, HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY SOURCE, AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT, JOB, EFFECTS, HEALTH, LABOR ECONOMICS, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, EQUILIBRIUM, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, CRIME, FEMALE MORTALITY, JOB LOSSES, PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH CONDITIONS, QUALITY OF HEALTH, DIABETES, LABOR MARKET, DISEASES, ECONOMIC CRISES, PATIENTS, SMOKING, DISPLACEMENT, WORKER, ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS, MENTAL ILLNESS, RAPE, DROWNING, PRODUCTIVITY, UNEMPLOYED, MIGRATION, JOB LOSS, ECONOMIC CHANGES, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, ORGANIZATIONS, HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, RECESSIONARY PERIODS, MORTALITY RATE, LABOR, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, MIGRANTS, MENTAL HEALTH, MORTALITY, MINIMUM WAGES, ELDERLY, CANCER, AGGREGATE DEMAND EFFECTS, PROGRESS, ALCOHOL ABUSE, UNEMPLOYMENT, PLANT CLOSURES, DIET, INFANT, AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, HEALTH IMPACT, WORKERS, WAGES, POLICIES, AGED, INFLUENZA, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, LAYOFF, LABOR DEMAND, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, VALUE, CARE, HEALTH EFFECTS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, DEMAND, AGE GROUPS, AGGREGATE DEMAND, VICTIMS, UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASE, ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS, STRESS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, POLICY, ECONOMICS, INFANT HEALTH, INSURANCE, LOCAL COMMUNITY, SERVICE SECTORS, ILL HEALTH, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, OBESITY, CHILDREN, DISEASE CONTROL, WAR, RISK, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HUMAN RESOURCES, POVERTY, ILLNESS, CRISES, SUPPLY, DISABILITY, NUMBER OF DEATHS, POPULATION, DEATH RATES, COLLEGE GRADUATES, LABOR SUPPLY, LAW, POLICY RESEARCH, STRATEGY, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, FAMILIES, WOMEN, ILLNESSES, URBAN POPULATION, ADVERSE EFFECTS, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, NURSING, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, JOB DISPLACEMENT, NURSING HOMES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26077059/unemployment-mortality-evidence-great-recession
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24145
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