There is little consensus as to the effect of recessions on health, which may be due to the heterogenous nature of … recessions, the choice of health outcome or the description of the independent variable involved. In contrast to previous work …, which has predominantly studied labour market loss, I examine the relationship of income loss and health, and in particular …

attainment. Eighty percent of mothers in the complier group found employment within a year, and for many, total income rose … despite reduced transfers. We find precise zero effects on total health expenditures for both mothers and children. However …, composition changes, including fewer family physician visits, indicate that mothers had less time to seek health care. We find …

employment rates from the Irish Census, are used to capture the impact of the recession on health, independent of individual …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 …

substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers. We find zero effects … on aggregate health expenditures, but mothers saw reduced preventative care and increased mental health treatment …, consistent with the transition to employment elevating time pressure and stress. We find no effect on teenagers' education and …

Despite the fact that there are over a million new cancer cases detected in the U.S. every year, none of retirement-health … eligibility on retirement. With data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), I use a difference-in-differences model to show …

Estimating the unbiased effect of health shocks on employment is an important topic in both health and labour economics … employment for a high-risk cancer sample, male workers over the age of 65, thus attenuating the impact of many cancer risk …