The Effects of Unemployment on Health, Hospitalizations, and Mortality - Evidence from Administrative Data

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Career arduousness and instability: Both matter for health beyond 50

“…Of course, it would be good if future research, using different data, could confirm it, and also identify the detailed mechanisms connecting career instability to poor health in the long run. Also, that result (although not directly comparable) aligns with those of Vodopivec et al (2021) who stress the long‐term negative health impact of unemployment spells 44…”

“…And there is evidence that instability contributes to ill health. Vodopivec et al (2021) for instance, use administrative longitudinal data to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) for men aged 50-65 with a history of distant unemployment-that occurred during the past 6-10 and 11-15 years. Estimating a hazard model they show that past unemployment significantly affects the hazard of CVDs.…”

Financial Distress and Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Unemployment is also closely related to financial hardship, because income loss due to unemployment is a good predictor of the inability to pay a mortgage or credit loan [15][16][17]. Job loss is also related to mortality [18], cardiovascular diseases [19][20][21], and subjective well-being and mental health [22,23]. Stock market declines are related to increases in hospital admissions for psychological conditions [24] and declines in subjective measures of mental health [25].…”

Identifying the Impact of the Business Cycle on Drug-Related Harms in European Countries

“…Recent studies have addressed the effects of unemployment on the risk of suffering mental health disorders (Urbanos-Garrido & Lopez--Valcarcel, 2015; Kaspersen et al, 2016). Unemployment is also associated with a higher risk of premature death (Brenner et al, 2011;Bloemen et al, 2018;d'Errico et al, 2021;Vodopivec et al, 2021). Among the studies that use macroeconomic indicators to explain drug use and harms, the vast majority of the literature uses unemployment as as proxy for assessing economic recessions affecting households and individuals (Dávalos et al, 2012;Nagelhout et al, 2017;Carpenter et al, 2017;Hollingsworth et al, 2017;Ayllón & Ferreira-Batista, 2018;Martin & Vall, 2016;Palling & Vall, 2017;Bosque-Prous et al, 2015;Kaiser et al, 2017).…”