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The effect of the Great Recession on health : a longitudinal study of Irish mothers 2001-2011
Briody, Jonathan; Doyle, Orla; Kelleher, Cecily - 2019
The relationship between recessions and health is mixed, with some evidence from the most recent financial crisis finding a positive effect on heath behaviours. This study uses longitudinal data spanning the periods before, during and after the Irish crisis of 2008, to test the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063066
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Smoking and the business cycle : evidence from Germany
Kaiser, Micha; Reutter, Mirjam; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; … - 2017
In this paper, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to investigate the effect on cigarette consumption of macro-economic conditions in the form of regional unemployment rates. The results from our panel data models, several of which control for selection bias, indicate that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724491
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Job loss and health spillovers in the family
Gathmann, Christina; Huttunen, Kristiina; Jenstrom, Laura; … - 2020
A sizable literature documents that displaced workers suffer substantial negative consequences in the labor market and health. These effects may extend to the partner or spouse through household decision-making. Using administrative data of all workers and firms matched to mortality and patient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012438180
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A structural analysis of mental health and labor market trajectories
Jolivet, Grégory; Postel-Vinay, Fabien - 2020
We conduct a joint dynamic analysis of individual labor market and mental health outcomes. We allow for a two-way interaction between work and mental health. We model selection in and out of employment as well as between jobs on a labor market with search frictions, where we account for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012255698
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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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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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Does job loss make you smoke and gain weight?
Marcus, Jan - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight using German Socio …-Economic Panel Study data. Baseline nonsmokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify their … smoking. Job loss increases body weight slightly, but significantly. In particular, single individuals as well as those with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009506495
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Does job loss make you smoke and gain weight?
Marcus, Jan - 2014
This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behaviour and body weight using German SOEP data …. Baseline non-smokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify smoking. In particular …, single individuals and those with lower health or socioeconomic status prior to job loss exhibit high rates of smoking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419964
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The effect of unemployment on the smoking behavior of couples
Everding, Jakob; Marcus, Jan - 2019 - This version: May 2019
scarce. This is the first paper to estimate effects of unemployment on the smoking behavior of both spouses. Using German …-double-selection method for control-variable selection via Lasso regressions. One spouse's unemployment increases both spouses' smoking … probability and intensity. Smoking relapses and decreased smoking cessation drive the effects. Effects are stronger if the partner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010330
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The effect of unemployment on the smoking behavior of couples
Everding, Jakob; Marcus, Jan - 2019
scarce. This is the first paper to estimate effects of unemployment on the smoking behavior of both spouses. Using German …-double-selection method for control-variable selection via Lasso regressions. One spouse's unemployment increases both spouses' smoking … probability and intensity. Smoking relapses and decreased smoking cessation drive the effects. Effects are stronger if the partner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012399