In sickness and in health: job displacement and health spillovers in couples

We study how a negative labor market shock like job loss generates health spillovers in couples. Using administrative data of all workers and firms matched to mortality and patient records, we document that male job displacement increases the mortality risk for both the man and his partner. For ever...

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Main Authors:	Gathmann, Christina (Author) , Huttunen, Kristiina (Author) , Jernström, Laura (Author) , Sääksvuori, Lauri (Author) , Stitzing, Robin (Author)
Format:	Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Bonn, Germany IZA - Institute of Labor Economics June 2020
Series:	Discussion paper series / IZA no. 13329
In:	Discussion paper series (no. 13329)
Subjects:	Graue Literatur
Online Access:	Verlag, kostenfrei: http://ftp.iza.org/dp13329.pdf Verlag, kostenfrei: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/13329/in-sickness-and-in-health-job-displacement-and-health-spillovers-in-couples Resolving-System, kostenfrei: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223771
Author Notes:	Christina Gathmann, Kristiina Huttunen, Laura Jernström, Lauri Sääksvuori, Robin Stitzing