Add to ORKGPrevious studies have shown that unemployment leads to poor health, but other studies have also shown that population health improves when the unemployment rate is higher. This paper re-solves these seemingly contradictory results by analyzing the effects of both unemployment and the unemployment rate on health using individual-level panel data. I find that unemployment worsens health, controlling for reverse causality by considering individuals who lost their jobs due to firm closure, and that an increase in the unemployment rate improves health, controlling for changes in employment status. Furthermore, the effect of the unemployment rate on health is limited only to individuals who remain employed during business fluctuations. The unempl...
Background Almost all studies on the effect on health from unemployment have concluded that unemp...
This paper studies the causal effect of involuntary job loss on health using individual social secur...
BACKGROUND: Almost all studies on the effect on health from unemployment have concluded that unemplo...
Objectives This paper examines the relationship between unemployment and health using both subjecti...
Objectives: Unemployment has been linked to poorer health, but few studies identify policies that mi...
Objectives: Unemployment has been linked to poorer health, but few studies identify policies that mi...
Research suggests that job loss can cause illness and premature death. This raises the question of w...
Research suggests that job loss can cause illness and premature death. This raises the question of w...
Research suggests that job loss can cause illness and premature death. This raises the question of w...
This study estimates the effect of job loss on health for near elderly employees based on longitudin...
This paper examines the impact of health status on the duration of unemployment spells and finds tha...
This paper examines the impact of health status on the duration of unemployment spells and finds tha...
This paper studies the causal effect of involuntary job loss on health using individual social secur...
A large body of research finds correlations between unemployment and health. This raises the questio...
BACKGROUND: Almost all studies on the effect on health from unemployment have concluded that unemplo...
Background Almost all studies on the effect on health from unemployment have concluded that unemp...
This paper studies the causal effect of involuntary job loss on health using individual social secur...
BACKGROUND: Almost all studies on the effect on health from unemployment have concluded that unemplo...
Objectives This paper examines the relationship between unemployment and health using both subjecti...
Objectives: Unemployment has been linked to poorer health, but few studies identify policies that mi...
Objectives: Unemployment has been linked to poorer health, but few studies identify policies that mi...
Research suggests that job loss can cause illness and premature death. This raises the question of w...
Research suggests that job loss can cause illness and premature death. This raises the question of w...
Research suggests that job loss can cause illness and premature death. This raises the question of w...
This study estimates the effect of job loss on health for near elderly employees based on longitudin...
This paper examines the impact of health status on the duration of unemployment spells and finds tha...
This paper examines the impact of health status on the duration of unemployment spells and finds tha...
This paper studies the causal effect of involuntary job loss on health using individual social secur...
A large body of research finds correlations between unemployment and health. This raises the questio...
BACKGROUND: Almost all studies on the effect on health from unemployment have concluded that unemplo...
Background Almost all studies on the effect on health from unemployment have concluded that unemp...
This paper studies the causal effect of involuntary job loss on health using individual social secur...
BACKGROUND: Almost all studies on the effect on health from unemployment have concluded that unemplo...