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Unemployment and health: a panel event study

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  • Athina Raftopoulou
  • Nicholas Giannakopoulos

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Adopting a panel event study framework, we estimate the effect of unemployment on health outcomes by exploiting the variation in the timing of entering unemployment using longitudinal data for Greece. We find that in the periods ahead of an unemployment event, health outcomes decline and unmet needs for medical care increase. These findings are valid only for men and are robust to alternative definitions of health outcomes, unemployment events and model specifications. Our findings have important implications for research-based policies aimed to promote individuals’ well-being, especially in periods of high unemployment rates and economic distress.

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  • Athina Raftopoulou & Nicholas Giannakopoulos, 2023. "Unemployment and health: a panel event study," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(10), pages 1275-1278, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:30:y:2023:i:10:p:1275-1278
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2044993
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    JEL classification:

    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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