The unemployed are often in poorer health than their employed counterparts. This cross-
sectional correlation is often attributed to a causal effect of unemployment on health. Recent …

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 …

While there is a large and growing literature investigating the relationship between an
individual's employment status and health, considerably less is known about the effect on …

Research suggests that job loss can cause illness and premature death. This raises the
question of whether unemployment benefit programs, which are intended to alleviate the …

This study aims at disentangling the causal effects of unemployment on physical and mental
health from the selection of the unhealthy into unemployment. To identify causal effects, it …

Background Unemployment has a number of negative consequences, such as decreased
income and poor self-rated health. However, the relationships between unemployment …

The economic crisis in Europe since 2008 has led to high unemployment levels in several
countries. Previous research suggests that becoming unemployed is a health risk, but is job …

Background: Many studies have investigated how unemployment influences health, less
attention has been paid to the reverse causal direction; how health may influence the risk of …

Abstract The Great Recession of 2008 has led to elevated unemployment in Europe and
thereby revitalised the question of causal health effects of unemployment. This article …

This study estimates the effect of job loss on health for near elderly employees based on
longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study. Previous studies find a strong …