Australia, a country with universal health care. Using administrative time-series data on mortality that varies by state, age …Worldwide, countries have been restricting work and social activities to counter an emerging public health crisis due … than good due to the economic contraction, despite a large literature that finds mortality rates decline during recessions …

We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business … death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912-2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health … indicators. We correct for secular changes over time and other mortality determinants. We nonparametrically compare those born in …

There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies … showing that mortality is pro-cyclical whereas others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis … men from 1993 to 2007. Our results show that the association between the business cycle and mortality does not depend on …

There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies … showing that mortality is pro-cyclical, while others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis (e … to 2007. Our results show that the association between the business cycle and mortality does not depend on the level of …

macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding is that total mortality and deaths from several common causes increase … a 0.4 percent rise in total mortality and 0.4, 1.1, 1.8, 2.1 and 0.8 percent increases in deaths from cardiovascular … physical health. …

) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and … (across the full range) and CV mortality rate later in life is significantly stronger if the individual is born in a recession …

This paper investigates the effects of national unemployment rates on overall age and cause-specific mortality rates in …, positive relationship between adverse economic conditions and the mortality …

Using data for six OECD countries, this paper studies the effect of macroeconomic conditions on the mortality index kt … relationship between the state of the economy and mortality is found to change from procyclical to countercyclical in all six … variation in the mortality index. -- Demography ; Lee-Carter ; business cycle ; time series model …

macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding is that total mortality and deaths from several common causes increase … a 0.4 percent rise in total mortality and 0.4, 1.1, 1.8, 2.1 and 0.8 percent increases in deaths from cardiovascular … physical health …

mortality and deaths from several common causes rise when labor markets strengthen. For instance, controlling for year effects … unemployment rate is associated with growth of 0.4% in total mortality and the following increases in cause-specific mortality: 0 … research and cast doubt on the hypothesis that economic downturns have negative effects on physical health …