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Lives saved during economic downturns: evidence from Australia
Atalay, Kadir; Edwards, Rebecca; Schurer, Stefanie; … - 2020
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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Dynamics of poor health and non-employment
Haan, Peter; Myck, Michał - 2009
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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Poorer health - shorter hours? : health and flexibility of hours of work
Geyer, Johannes; Myck, Michał - 2010
We analyse the role of health in determining the difference between desired and actual hours of work in a sample of German men using the Socio-Economic Panel Data for years 1996-2007. The effects of both self-assessed health and legal disability status are examined. About 60% of employees report...
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