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The effect of unemployment on the mental health of spouses: Evidence from plant closures in Germany
Marcus, Jan - 2012
Studies on health effects of unemployment usually neglect spillover effects on spouses. This study specifically … investigates the effect of an individual's unemployment on the mental health of their spouse. In order to allow for causal … interpretation of the estimates, it focuses on an exogenous entry into unemployment (i.e. plant closure), and combines difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288707
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The Effect of Unemployment on the Mental Health of Spouses – Evidence from plant closures in Germany
Marcus, Jan - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 3, pp. 546-558
Studies on health effects of unemployment usually neglect spillover effects on spouses. This study specifically … investigates the effect of an individual's unemployment on the mental health of their spouse. In order to allow for causal … interpretation of the estimates, it focuses on plant closure as entry into unemployment, and combines difference-in-difference and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312886
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The public health costs of job loss
Kuhn, Andreas; Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2009
We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public health costs. We focus on job loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse causality problem of deteriorating health leading to job loss as job displacements due to plant closure are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343926
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Alcohol-related morbidity and mortality following involuntary job loss
Eliason, Marcus - 2015
The purpose of this study was to assess the association between involuntary job loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality. Swedish-linked employee-employer data were used to identify all establishment closures during 1990-1999, as well as the employees who were laid off and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467775
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Work loss and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bratsberg, Bernt; Godøy, Anna; Hart, Rannveig Kaldager; … - 2023
We study the impact of work loss on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Combining data on work loss and health care consultations from comprehensive individual-level register data, we define groups of employees delineated by industry, region, age, and gender. With these groups, we use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013540619
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The Public Health Costs of Job Loss
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public health costs. We focus on job loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse causality problem of deteriorating health leading to job loss as job displacements due to plant closure are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157031
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The Public Health Costs of Job Loss
Kuhn, Andreas; Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2009
We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public health costs. We focus on job loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse causality problem of deteriorating health leading to job loss as job displacements due to plant closure are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014203830
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The public health costs of job loss
Kuhn, Andreas; Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2009
We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public health costs. We focus on job loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse causality problem of deteriorating health leading to job loss as job displacements due to plant closure are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269442
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Who is bowling alone? : quantile treatment effects of unemployment on social participation
Kunze, Lars; Suppa, Nicolai - 2020
This article examines heterogeneity in the effect of unemployment on social participation. Whereas existing studies on …) based on entropy balancing and focus on unemployment due to plant closures. Using German panel data, we show that the effect … of unemployment varies across the distribution of public social activities. It is large and negative for individuals in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012176174
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Long-run effects of severe economic recessions on male BMI trajectories and health behaviors
Nizalova, Olena; Norton, Edward C. - 2017
With periodic recessions and the rising costs of health care, it is important to know how labor market participation and insecurity affects health outcomes. Yet, this line of research faces a number of methodological challenges which this paper aims to address. We turn to Ukraine's experience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664295