TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Job loss is bad for your health: Swedish evidence on cause-specific hospitalization following involuntary job loss
JO  - Social science and medicine (1982)
A1  - Eliason, M.
A1  - Storrie, Donald
SP  - 1396
EP  - 1406
VL  - 68
IS  - 8
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0277-9536
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.021
ID  - ref1
ER  -