This study investigates the relationship between business cycle fluctuations and health in the Canadian context, given … that a procyclical relationship between mortality rates and unemployment rates has already been well established in the U … rates on Canadian age and gender specific mortality rates. Consistent with U.S. results, there is some evidence of a strong …

We use micro-data to investigate the relationship between unemployment and mortality in the United States using … Logistic regression on a sample of over 16,000 individuals. We consider baselines from 1984 to 1993 and investigate mortality … up to ten years from the baseline. We show that poor local labor market conditions are associated with higher mortality …

with improvements in population health, as indicated by life expectancy and cause-specific mortality rates. …

limitations and chronic diseases. Additionally, we examined the relationship between marital status and health, comparing the … health of divorced, widowed, and never married women with married women, and how this relationship differs by cohort. …

This paper investigates whether childhood conditions affect survival and health, both directly and indirectly through …, possibly resulting from mortality selection. Our results also support the pathways model, which indicates that advantageous … childhood conditions improve socioeconomic status in adulthood and thus indirectly promote longevity and health at advanced ages …

realist review to produce a critical understanding of how and why UI policies impact on poverty and health in different …

health. This study examines the association between a variety of environmental, economic, and social village characteristics … and health of Chinese older rural adults with health measured in terms of physical limitations. The Chinese Health and … Scheme (NCMS), an insurance program for rural older adults. Policy implications for improved health of rural older adults …

Research suggests that income inequality is inversely associated with health. This association has been documented in ….S.) to evaluate whether individuals who moved from countries with greater income inequality than the U.S. have better health … resided in the U.S. between 6 and 20 years, self-reported health is more favorable for the immigrants in the former category …

causal link that has been hypothesized in the relation between unemployment and health, but not heretofore assessed. Using …-term effects on obesity and related health outcomes. …