Unemployment and Mortality : Evidence from the Great Recession

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 e...

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Main Authors:	Nguyen, Ha, Nguyen, Huong
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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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Summary:	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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