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
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spelling	okr-10986-241452021-06-14T10:18:11Z Unemployment and Mortality : Evidence from the Great Recession Nguyen, Ha Nguyen, Huong 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 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. 2016-04-26T16:13:57Z 2016-04-26T16:13:57Z 2016-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26077059/unemployment-mortality-evidence-great-recession http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24145 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7603 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Nguyen, Ha Nguyen, Huong Unemployment and Mortality : Evidence from the Great Recession
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7603
description	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.
format	Working Paper
author	Nguyen, Ha Nguyen, Huong
author_facet	Nguyen, Ha Nguyen, Huong
author_sort	Nguyen, Ha
title	Unemployment and Mortality : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_short	Unemployment and Mortality : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_full	Unemployment and Mortality : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_fullStr	Unemployment and Mortality : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_full_unstemmed	Unemployment and Mortality : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_sort	unemployment and mortality : evidence from the great recession
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26077059/unemployment-mortality-evidence-great-recession http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24145
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Unemployment and Mortality : Evidence from the Great Recession

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