Does Job Loss Shorten Life?
Abstract
This paper examines the impact of job loss on overall and cause-specific mortality. Using linked employer-employee data, we identified the workers displaced due to all establishment closures in Sweden in 1987 and 1988. Hence, we have extended the case study approach, which has dominated the plant closure literature. The overall mortality risk among men increased by 44 percent during the first four years following job loss, while there was no...
Paper Details
Title
Does Job Loss Shorten Life?
Published Date
Jan 1, 2009
Journal
Volume
44
Issue
2
Pages
277 - 302
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