Unemployment and Mortality

Nguyen, Ha; Nguyen, Huong

Unemployment and Mortality

2016

Nguyen, Ha | Nguyen, Huong

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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Nursing homes; Mental illness; Illnesses; Aggregate demand; Job displacement; Prevention; Quality of health; Policy research; Value; Unemployed; Ill health; Job losses; Job loss; Progress; Adverse effects; Health problems; Strategy; Health conditions; Labor market; Illness; Labor supply; Quality of health care; Victims; Recessionary periods; Plant closures; Health impact; Aggregate unemployment rate; Economic changes; Development policy; Service sectors; People; Labor economics; Unemployment rate; Death rates; Economic development policies; Female mortality; Infant health; Policy discussions; Care; Primary source; Vulnerable groups; Suicide; Age group; Job; Health effects; Disability; Worker; Cardiovascular disease; Policy research working paper; High school diploma; Total employment; Equilibrium unemployment; Local community; Aggregate demand effects; Number of deaths; Layoff; Nursing; Social science; Alcohol abuse; Crises; Policy; Influenza; Jobs; Number of households; Unemployment increase; Labor demand; Alcohol consumption; Minimum wages; Aggregate unemployment; Economic downturns; College graduates; Deaths; Mortality rate; Employment research

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Unemployment and Mortality

2016

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