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 …

This article documents a strong connection between unemployment and mental distress
using data from the Spanish National Health Survey. We exploit the collapse of the …

An important, yet unsettled, question in public health policy is the extent to which
unemployment causally impacts mental health. The recent literature yields varying findings …

Background Ill health is a risk factor and a consequence of unemployment, which might vary
depending on the national rate of unemployment. We investigated the long-term effect of …

This paper examines the impact of both husbands' and wives' job displacement on the risk
that the marriage ends in divorce. Using Swedish-linked employee–employer data, all …

This study examines the consequences of parental job displacement for birth outcomes and
investigates how the effects vary with regional unemployment rates. We use Swedish …

We assess the presumption that social networks reinforce inequality by providing high-wage
workers' with preferential access to high-wage establishments. Our results based on very …

Economic shocks occur frequently and may cause individuals to reevaluate key life
decisions in ways that have lasting consequences for themselves and the broader economy …

Poor mental health among the unemployed—the long-term unemployed in particular—is
established, but these associations may be driven by confounding from unobserved, time …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the association between involuntary job
loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality. Method: Swedish linked employee …