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Causally-informative analyses of the effect of job displacement on all-cause and specific-cause mortality from the 1990s Finnish recession until 2020: A population registry study of private sector employees

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  • Zellers, Stephanie
  • Azzi, Elissar
  • Latvala, Antti
  • Kaprio, Jaakko
  • Maczulskij, Terhi

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Job loss is related to morbidity and mortality, but generation of causal evidence is challenging due to confounding factors. Finland suffered a severe economic recession in the early 1990s with unemployment reaching almost 25%, with many job losses due to mass layoff or company closure. Such job displacements are assumed to be exogenous to the individual and create a natural experiment for causal inference.

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  • Zellers, Stephanie & Azzi, Elissar & Latvala, Antti & Kaprio, Jaakko & Maczulskij, Terhi, 2025. "Causally-informative analyses of the effect of job displacement on all-cause and specific-cause mortality from the 1990s Finnish recession until 2020: A population registry study of private sector emp," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 370(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:370:y:2025:i:c:s0277953625001960
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117867
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