dc.contributor.author | Heggebø, Kristian | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-21T08:45:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-21T08:45:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-03-11 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Heggebø, K. (2016). Health Effects of Unemployment in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 2007–2010 Differing Economic Conditions, Differing Results?. International Journal of Health Services, 0020731416636365. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0020-7314 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 1347346 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/3266 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article investigates short-term health effects of unemployment for individuals in
Denmark, Norway, and Sweden during an economic downturn (2007–2010) that hit
the Scandinavian countries with diverging strength. The longitudinal part of the
European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data material
is analyzed, and results from generalized least squares estimation indicate that
Denmark is the only Scandinavian country in which health status deteriorated
among the unemployed. The individual-level (and calendar year) fixed-effect results
confirm the negative relationship between unemployment and health status in
Denmark. This result is robust across different subsamples, model specifications,
and changes in both the dependent and independent variable. Health status deterio-
rated especially among women and people in prime working age (30–59 years).
There is, however, only scant evidence of short-term health effects among the
recently unemployed in Norway and Sweden. The empirical findings are discussed
in light of: (1) the adequacy of the unemployment insurance system, (2) the likelihood
of re-employment for the displaced worker, and (3) selection patterns into and out
of employment in the years preceding and during the economic downturn. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_US |
dc.subject | Unemployment | en_US |
dc.subject | Ill-health | en_US |
dc.subject | Health effects | en_US |
dc.subject | Labor market demand | en_US |
dc.subject | Economic downturn | en_US |
dc.subject | Scandinavie | en_US |
dc.subject | Fixed effects | en_US |
dc.title | Health Effects of Unemployment in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 2007 2010: Differing Economic Conditions, Differing Results? | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020731416636365 | |