Citation

Eliason M, Storrie D. Soc. Sci. Med. 2009; 68(8): 1396-1406.

Affiliation

The Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), P.O. Box 513, Uppsala 751 20, Sweden; Centre for European Labour Market Studies (CELMS), Department of Economics, Go teborg University, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.021

PMID

19243870

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of job loss on a number of non-fatal health events, which are nonetheless severe enough to require hospital in-patient care. We focus on job loss due only to establishment closures, as this reduces the problem of distinguishing between causation and selection. Using linked employee-employer register data, we identify the job losses due to all establishment closures in Sweden in 1987 or 1988. During a subsequent 12-year period, we find that job loss significantly increases the risk of hospitalization due to alcohol-related conditions, among both men and women, and due to traffic accidents and self-harm, among men only. We find no evidence, however, that job loss increased the risk of severe cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction or stroke.

Language: en