Abstract：
: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.
journal_name
J Health Econjournal_title
Journal of health economicsauthors
van den Berg GJ,Gerdtham UG,von Hinke S,Lindeboom M,Lissdaniels J,Sundquist J,Sundquist Kdoi
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.09.005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-12-01 00:00:00pages
61-70eissn
0167-6296issn
1879-1646pii
S0167-6296(17)30235-7journal_volume
56pub_type
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