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obtain longitudinal estimations suggesting statistically significant negative effects from unemployment on self …-reported health and mental health in Greece. The specifications suggest that unemployment results in lower health and the …'s unemployment doubled as a consequence of the financial crisis. Unemployment seems to be more detrimental to health/mental health in …
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to the coronavirus pandemic. These measures have caused dramatic increases in unemployment in the short run, with an …. We estimate the relationship between unemployment, a widely accepted proxy for economic climate, and mortality in …, sex, and cause of death collected for the years 1979-2017, we find no relationship between unemployment and mortality on …
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.e., switching from self-employment to unemployment) are substantial and exceed the costs of involuntarily losing a salaried job (i ….e., switching from salaried employment to unemployment). Meanwhile, leaving self-employment has no consequences for selfreported …
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With periodic recessions and the rising costs of health care, it is important to know how labor market participation and insecurity affects health outcomes. Yet, this line of research faces a number of methodological challenges which this paper aims to address. We turn to Ukraine's experience...
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We study how a negative labor market shock like job loss generates health spillovers in couples. Using administrative data of all workers and firms matched to mortality and patient records, we document that male job displacement increases the mortality risk for both the man and his partner. For...
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While there is little doubt that the probability of poor health increases with age, and that less healthy people face a more difficult situation on the labour market, the precise relationship between facing the risks of health deterioration and labour market instability is not well understood....
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identified: old-age pensions, conventional early retirement, disability insurance, and unemployment insurance are the most …
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It is now a quarter of a century since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the gap in living standards between eastern and western Germany is still not fully closed. Admittedly, this could not realistically have been expected. Despite the increase in life satisfaction in eastern Germany, the...
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We study the effect of unemployment on birth outcomes by exploiting geographical variation in the unemployment rate …-percentage point increase in the unemployment rate leads to an increase in low birth weight and preterm babies of respectively 1.3 and … 1.4%, and a 0.1% decrease in foetal growth. We find heterogenous responses: unemployment has an effect on babies' health …
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This study examines whether an association exists between parental unemployment and health-related quality of life and … periods, 2011-2013 and 2017-2019. The study finds that parental unemployment bears an association with decreased health … increased parental unemployment, saw a decrease in health-related quality of life and increased adverse mental health symptoms …
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