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A study by the economists Till von Wachter and Daniel Sullivan found that among experienced male workers who lost their jobs during the 1981-82 recession mortality rates soared in the year after the layoffs.
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Previous research has indeed shown that recessions reduce mortality at that time.
The recession has cut the mortality rate for little Londoners by between 7.5% and 13.1%, for Chicagoan cherubs by between 4.1% and 7.9% and for Beijing babies by between 15.3% and 26.8%.A recession's life-giving virtues seem to be akin to quitting smoking during pregnancy.
One analysis shows the counterintuitive result of improved birth weight when the economy declines [ 40], and research on adults more generally also reports lower mortality during recessions [ 4].
10 Thus, mortality impacts of recessions may be more complex than intuition suggests and likely vary by outcome and context.
Health services usually add jobs faster in recessions than expansions (one reason U.S. mortality rates fall in economic downturns).
And not just in health care, where employment consistently expands faster in recessions than expansions one reason that U.S. mortality rates fall in economic downturns.
In an analysis of cause-specific mortality and its association with recession in European countries, Stuckler et al 22 found that the most consistently observed relationship was an increase in suicide among young men.
Nor can the Internet be blamed for the Great Recession, which did its part for the newspaper mortality rate.
For example, there is a growing body of research suggesting that at least the short-term recessions are associated with a faster decline in mortality although some specific causes of death, such as suicide, may rise.
Given documented links between individual socioeconomic status (SES) and health, it is likely that in addition to its impacts on individuals' wallets and bank accounts the Great Recession also took a toll on individuals' disease and mortality risk.
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