Haaland, Venke Furre; Telle, Kjetil - In: Journal of Health Economics 39 (2015) C, pp. 248-258
Using variation across geographic regions, a number of studies from the U.S. and other developed countries have found more deaths in economic upturns and less deaths in economic downturns. We use data from regions in Norway for 1977–2008 and find the same pro-cyclical patterns. Using...