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Jobless now, sick later? Investigating the long-term consequences of involuntary job loss on health 2013

نویسندگان : 

Mathis Schro¨der

چکیده : 

In the light of the current economic crises which in many countries lead to business

closures and mass lay-offs, the consequences of job loss are important on various

dimensions. They have to be investigated not only in consideration of a few years, but with

a long-term perspective as well, because early life course events may prove important for

later life outcomes. This paper uses data from SHARELIFE to shed light on the long-term

consequences of involuntary job loss on health.

The paper distinguishes between two different reasons for involuntary job loss: plant

closures, which in the literature are considered to be exogenous to the individual, and layoffs,

where the causal direction of health and unemployment is ambiguous. These groups

are separately compared to those who never experienced a job loss. The paper uses eleven

different measures of health to assess long-term health consequences of job loss, which

has to have occurred at least 25 years before the current interview. As panel data cannot be

employed, a large body of variables, including childhood health and socio-economic

conditions, is used to control for the initial conditions.

The findings suggest that individuals with an exogenous job loss suffer in the long run:

men are significantly more likely to be depressed and they have more trouble knowing the

current date. Women report poorer general health and more chronic conditions and are

also affected in their physical health: they are more likely to be obese or overweight, and to

have any limitations in their (instrumental) activities of daily living. In the comparison

group of laid-off individuals, controlling for the initial conditions reduces the effects of job

loss on health – proving that controlling for childhood conditions is important.

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