VU Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Tinbergen Institute, Gustav Mahlerplein 117, 1082 MS Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Netspar, Warandelaan 2, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands; IZA Bonn, Schaumburg-Lippe-Strasse 5-9, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
VU Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Tinbergen Institute, Gustav Mahlerplein 117, 1082 MS Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Netspar, Warandelaan 2, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands.
J Health Econ. 2018 May;59:78-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.03.005. Epub 2018 Apr 1.
This paper estimates the effect of job loss on mortality for older male workers with a strong labor force attachment. Using Dutch administrative data, we find that job loss due to firm closure increased the probability of death within five years by a sizable 0.60 percentage points. Importantly, this effect is estimated using a model that controls for firm-level worker characteristics, such as lagged firm-level annual average mortality rates. On the mechanism driving the effect of job loss on mortality, we provide evidence for an effect running through stress and changes in life style.
本文旨在研究劳动力市场高度参与的老年男性工人失业对其死亡率的影响。利用荷兰行政数据,我们发现,由于公司倒闭而导致的失业在五年内使死亡概率显著上升了 0.60 个百分点。值得注意的是,这一效应是通过控制公司层面工人特征(如滞后的公司层面年度平均死亡率)的模型估计得出的。关于失业对死亡率影响的作用机制,我们提供的证据表明,其作用途径是通过压力和生活方式的改变。