Finkelstein, Amy; Notowidigdo, Matthew J.; Schilbach, Frank - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
mortality and to explore implications for the welfare consequences of recessions. We estimate that an increase in the … unemployment rate of the magnitude of the Great Recession reduces the average, annual age-adjusted mortality rate by 2.3 percent …, with effects persisting for at least 10 years. Mortality reductions appear across causes of death and are concentrated in …
