Sudden economic shocks impact the everyday lives of people from one day to the next. A number of studies have examined the association between economic fluctuations and health, however, no consensus on the nature of this relationship has been established. By exploiting the dramatic economic...

This study examines the link between health shocks and labor market outcomes in the United Kingdom. For sample periods of up to seven years, I use longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) to test how sudden declines in self-reported health as well as the onsets of health...