Gathmann, Christina; Huttunen, Kristiina; Jenstrom, Laura; … - 2020
health. These effects may extend to the partner or spouse through household decision-making. Using administrative data of all … workers and firms matched to mortality and patient records, we document a stunning asymmetry: when a man loses his job in a … plant closure, both the man and the spouse suffer negative health consequences. When a woman loses here job, in contrast, we …