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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 (e.g. individual vs. regional) matters. We use both...
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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.g. individual vs. regional) matters. We use both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796462
from the health effects of macroeconomic fluctuations. We conclude that the economic recession is an unlikely mediator for …Worldwide, countries have been restricting work and social activities to counter an emerging public health crisis due … expected deepening of the recession in the long run. Some commentators argue that the "draconian measures" will do more harm …
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This paper investigates the effects of national unemployment rates on overall age and cause-specific mortality rates in a panel sample of 13 European Union countries. A fixed-effects model is used to control for unobserved time-invariant characteristics within countries. In addition, controls...
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consider macroeconomic fluctuations around the Great Recession. Our findings show that traffic deaths during prosperous times … preventable nature of traffic crashes, policy makers, public health advocates, and employers can develop effective strategies …
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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.g. individual vs. regional) matters. We use both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039281
Linking health to the employment history of the whole Slovenia's workforce, this paper employs three innovative … data on drug prescriptions to infer information about the health status of individuals and link it labor market outcomes …. And third, it treats the health effects of unemployment as part of a dose-response relationship, with the share of time …
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-attributable deaths and hospital admissions from the Causes of Death Register and the National Patient Register. The associations between … displaced men and women. For women, the wholly alcohol-attributable health problems were mainly limited to alcohol dependence …
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Linking health to the employment history of the whole Slovenia's workforce, this paper employs three innovative … data on drug prescriptions to infer information about the health status of individuals and link it labor market outcomes …. And third, it treats the health effects of unemployment as part of a dose-response relationship, with the share of time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014263060