a latent mortality variable and of unemployment and GDP growth as main business cycle indicators. We find that young … the other age classes between childhood and old age react with lower mortality to increased unemployment or decreased GDP …

utero. The negative relationship between the in utero aggregate unemployment rate and infant health also disappears when …We revisit the cyclical nature of birth rates and infant health and investigate to what extent the relationship between … through unemployment insurance (UI). We introduce a novel empirical test of standard neoclassical models of fertility that …

economy. A key issue examined is how the level of pain in a society is influenced by the unemployment rate. Method: The study … of the economy. Pain is high when the unemployment rate is high. That is not because of greater pain among people who …

Recessions are complex events that affect personal health and behavior via various potentially opposing mechanisms …. While recessions are known to have negative effects on mental health and lead to an increase in suicides, it has been proven … that they reduce mortality rates. A general health policy agenda in relation to recessions remains ambiguous due to the …