Abstract：
:Using variation across geographic regions, a number of studies from the U.S. and other developed countries have found more deaths in economic upturns and less deaths in economic downturns. We use data from regions in Norway for 1977-2008 and find the same pro-cyclical patterns. Using individual-level register data for the identical population, we find that disadvantaged socioeconomic groups are not hit harder by pro-cyclical mortality than advantaged groups. We also find that other indicators of deteriorated health (than death), like becoming disabled, are pro-cyclical. Overall, our analysis suggests that pro-cyclical mortality is rather related to deaths of people already in deteriorated health than to people of low socioeconomic status.
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J Health Econjournal_title
Journal of health economicsauthors
Haaland VF,Telle Kdoi
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.08.005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-01-01 00:00:00pages
248-58eissn
0167-6296issn
1879-1646pii
S0167-6296(14)00101-5journal_volume
39pub_type
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