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Are recessions good for everyone's health? The association between mortality and the business cycle by race/ethnicity in the US

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  • Matias Fontenla
  • Fidel Gonzalez
  • Troy Quast

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This article studies the effect of the business cycle on the mortality rates of the major racial/ethnic groups in the USA. We use county-level data from 1999 to 2005 and employ a panel econometric approach that includes county- and year-fixed effects. We found that the mortality rates for whites and latinos are procyclical, i.e, that economic expansions (contractions) are associated with increases (decreases) in mortality. Moreover, the magnitude of this relationship is larger for latinos than for whites. However, we generally do not find a statistically significant relationship for blacks. Finally, the procyclical relationship for whites and latinos increases in magnitude as the county becomes less racially/ethnically diverse. Taken together, these findings suggest that the procyclical association identified in previous studies of the overall US population may vary by race and ethnicity.

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  • Matias Fontenla & Fidel Gonzalez & Troy Quast, 2011. "Are recessions good for everyone's health? The association between mortality and the business cycle by race/ethnicity in the US," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(3), pages 207-212.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:18:y:2011:i:3:p:207-212
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851003614120
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    1. Randall Akee & Donn L. Feir & Marina Mileo Gorzig & Samuel Myers Jr., 2022. "Native American “Deaths of Despair” and Economic Conditions," Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute Working Papers 062, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
    2. Sameem, Sediq & Sylwester, Kevin, 2017. "The business cycle and mortality: Urban versus rural counties," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 175(C), pages 28-35.
    3. Giri, Jeeten Krishna & Kumaresan, Talitha, 2021. "The business cycle, health behavior, and chronic disease: A study over Three decades," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 43(C).

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