county-level unemployment rates and mortality risk. After partialling out important confounding factors including baseline … health status as well as state and industry fixed effects, we show that poor local labor market conditions are associated … with higher mortality risk for working-aged men. In particular, we show that a one percentage point increase in the …

; mortality ; health ; aggregation … economic conditions pose health risks and illustrate an important contrast with studies based on aggregate data. -- recessions … county-level unemployment rates and mortality risk. After partialling out important confounding factors including baseline …

than good due to the economic contraction, despite a large literature that finds mortality rates decline during recessions … Australia, a country with universal health care. Using administrative time-series data on mortality that varies by state, age …Worldwide, countries have been restricting work and social activities to counter an emerging public health crisis due …

showing that mortality is pro-cyclical whereas others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis …There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies … men from 1993 to 2007. Our results show that the association between the business cycle and mortality does not depend on …

showing that mortality is pro-cyclical, while others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis (e …There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies … to 2007. Our results show that the association between the business cycle and mortality does not depend on the level of …

mortality and infant health and then consider how the estimated effects vary when the analysis is conducted at differing levels …This paper considers the relationship between local economic conditions and health with a focus on different approaches … to geographic aggregation. After reviewing the tradeoffs associated with more- and less-disaggregated analyses …

In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children's home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity …