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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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Macroeconomic conditions and health in Britain : aggregation, dynamics and local area heterogeneity
Janke, Katharina; Lee, Kevin; Propper, Carol; Shields, … - 2020
We estimate a model that allows for dynamic and interdependent responses of morbidity in different local areas to economic conditions at the local and national level, with statistical selection of optimal local area. We apply this approach to quarterly British data on chronic health conditions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198316
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World commodity prices, job security and health : evidence from the mining industry
Johnston, David; Shields, Michael; Suziedelyte, Agne - 2017
A lack of job security is an increasingly prevalent characteristic of modern labour markets, and there is evidence that recent financial crises have exacerbated this issue. In this paper, we assess how exogenous changes in the macroeconomic environment affect workers' perceived job security, and...
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