data from hospital administrative records between 2003 and 2012, babies' health is found to be strongly pro-cyclical. A one … 1.4%, and a 0.1% decrease in foetal growth. We find heterogenous responses: unemployment has an effect on babies' health … evidence of three channels that can explain the overall negative effect of unemployment on new-born health: maternal stress …

and mortality. Swedish-linked employee-employer data were used to identify all establishment closures during 1990-1999, as … job loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality during a follow-up period of 12 years were estimated by … propensity score weighting methods. An excess risk of both alcohol-related hospitalization and mortality was found among both …

to quarterly British data on chronic health conditions for those of working age over the period 2002-2016. We find strong … and robust counter-cyclical relationships for overall chronic health, and for five broad types of health conditions …. Chronic health conditions therefore increase in poor economic times. There is considerable spatial heterogeneity across local …

to quarterly British data on chronic health conditions for those of working age over the period 2002-2016. We find strong … and robust counter-cyclical relationships for overall chronic health, and for five broad types of health conditions …. Chronic health conditions therefore increase in poor economic times. There is considerable spatial heterogeneity across local …