Mortality and the business cycle: Evidence from individual and aggregated data

Gerard J. van den Berg; Ulf G. Gerdtham; Stephanie  von Hinke; Maarten Lindeboom; Johannes Lissdaniels; Jan Sundquist; Kristina Sundquist

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.09.005

Mortality and the business cycle: Evidence from individual and aggregated data

Gerard J. van den Berg, Ulf G. Gerdtham, Stephanie von Hinke, Maarten Lindeboom, Johannes Lissdaniels, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist

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There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies showing that mortality is pro-cyclical, while others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis (e.g. individual vs. regional) matters. We use both individual and aggregated data on a sample of 20–64 year-old Swedish men from 1993 to 2007. Our results show that the association between the business cycle and mortality does not depend on the level of analysis: the sign and magnitude of the parameter estimates are similar at the individual level and the aggregate (county) level; both showing pro-cyclical mortality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-70
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Health Economics
Volume	56
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.09.005
Publication status	Published - 2017 Dec 1

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Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Economics

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Death
Health
Income
Recession
Unemployment

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Mortality and the business cycle: Evidence from individual and aggregated data

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