Unemployment rates in the United States remain near a 25-year high and global
unemployment is rising. Previous studies have shown that unemployed persons have an …

Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between
employment and health because of the two-way causal relationship between these two …

We adopt a time series approach to investigate the historical relation between
unemployment, life expectancy, and mortality rates. We fit Vector-autoregressions for the …

We use administrative data on the quarterly employment and earnings of Pennsylvanian
workers in the 1970s and 1980s matched to Social Security Administration death records …

Studies on health effects of unemployment usually neglect spillover effects on spouses. This
study specifically investigates the effect of an individual's unemployment on the mental …

We investigate whether job loss due to plant closure causes an increased risk of (cause-
specific) mortality and hospitalization for male workers having strong labour market …

Relying on theoretical insights from the Job Demand-Control model, which links
occupational characteristics to health, this paper provides the first causal evidence of the …

We analyse the effect of unemployment on health using information from the German Socio-
Economic Panel of the years 1991–2008. To establish a causal effect we rely on fixed …

We examine the relationship between unemployment and self‐assessed health using the
European Community Household Panel for Finland over the period 1996–2001. Our results …

Job loss in the United States is associated with reductions in income and long-term
increases in mortality rates. This paper examines the short-run changes in health, health …