While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …

death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912-2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health …

Worldwide, countries have been restricting work and social activities to counter an emerging public health crisis due … Australia, a country with universal health care. Using administrative time-series data on mortality that varies by state, age … average. However, we observe beneficial health effects in economic downturns for young men aged 25 to 34 associated with a …

physical health. …

The relationship between recessions and health is mixed, with some evidence from the most recent financial crisis … the Irish crisis of 2008, to test the impact of economic expansion and contraction on mothers physical and mental health … and health behaviours. Three waves of data from the Irish Lifeways Cohort Study for the period 2001-2011, and local area …

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 … market shocks during severe recessions affect men's body mass index (BMI) and health-related behaviors. We use growth curve …