The Great Recession and Health
People, Populations, and Disparities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5741328 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Burgard (0009-0000-0383-5239), Sarah A Burgard, Jennifer Ailshire (0000-0002-4476-9458), Jennifer A Ailshire, Lucie Kalousova (0000-0001-8499-6826) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 650 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 194-213 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716213500212 |
| OpenAlex | W1979682450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 58 |
| References cited | 60 |
Two research traditions have evolved to assess links between recessions and health, with seemingly divergent findings. Aggregate-level studies generally find that mortality rates decline during recessionary periods. By contrast, individual-level studies generally find that events that frequently occur during recessions, like job loss, unemployment, and material hardship, carry negative health consequences. We comprehensively review evidence from these two bodies of research, illustrate key findings, and show how the different mechanisms can operate in parallel. We also outline some of the limitations of the extant evidence, discuss studies emerging to address these limits and directions for future research, and provide brief empirical examples to illustrate some of these limits and directions using the Health and Retirement Study and the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study. Our review emphasizes the importance of considering both the aggregate- and individual-level associations when evaluating the likely short- and longer-term consequences of the Great Recession for health and health disparities
Biology · Demographic economics · Economics · Extant taxon · Great recession · Job loss · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Recession · Unemployment · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Health Disparities in the U.S. Gulf Coast
Household Wealth and Individuals’ Mental Health
Health Impacts of the Great Recession
The New Political Economy of Health Care in the European Union
Wealth and the health of older Black women in the United States
Job Transitions and Mental Health Outcomes Among U.S. Adults Aged 55 and Older During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Financial Strain and Mental Health Among Older Adults During the Great Recession
Getting a Job, Again
Lifecycle effects of a recession on health behaviors
New evidence on the impact of the Great Recession on health-compromising behaviours
Stroke-attributable death among older persons during the great recession
Drinking during downturn
Wealth shocks and self-reported health
Covid-19 economic impacts in perspective
An Examination of How People Appraise and Manage Health-Related Financial Uncertainty
Late-career unemployment has mixed effects in retirement
Unemployment and the Division of Housework in Europe
The Wealth–Health Relationship by Race/Ethnicity
Longitudinal Trends in Self-Rated Health During Times of Economic Uncertainty in Italy
Health Effects of Late-Career Unemployment
Inflation hardship, gender, and mental health
Recession hardships, personal control, and the amplification of psychological distress
The Great Recession and adverse birth outcomes
Trends and structural factors affecting health equity in the United States at the local level, 1990–2019
Outpatient substance abuse treatment completion rates for racial-ethnic minorities during the Great Recession
Tweeting during the Pandemic in New York City
The impact of economic fluctuations on health inequalities in Europe
State Minimum Wage Increases As a Potential Policy Lever to Reduce Black–White Disparities in Hypertension
Trade liberalization, social policies and health
Financial assets and cardiometabolic risk in early adulthood
Racial and Educational Disparities in Cumulative Exposure to Hardships of the 2008 Great Recession and Inflammation
Those Left Behind
Crises econômicas, mortalidade de crianças e o papel protetor do gasto público em saúde
The consequences of unemployment on diet composition and purchase behaviour
Health and Mental Health Effects of Local Immigration Enforcement
Do macroeconomic contractions induce or ‘harvest’ suicides? A test of competing hypotheses
Do Immigrants Suffer More From Job Loss? Unemployment and Subjective Well-being in Germany
All in the family? Understanding differences in the kin-centricity of older US adults’ core discussion networks from classic age, period, and cohort table estimates
The Great Recession and Group‐Based Control
The role of financial conditions for physical and mental health. Evidence from a longitudinal survey and insurance claims data
Physical pain, gender, and the state of the economy in 146 nations
Net worth poverty and adult health
Driving through the Great Recession
How painful is a recession? An assessment of two future-oriented buffering mechanisms
The physiological impacts of wealth shocks in late life
Unemployment, measured and perceived decline of economic resources
Something Good Out of the Bad Times? The Impacts of Reduced Opportunity Costs on the Intergenerational Inequalities in College Enrollment
Racial Capitalism and Black-White Health Inequities in the United States
Beyond Net Worth
Long-term Health Consequences of Adverse Labor Market Conditions at Time of Leaving Education
Effects of the Great Recession
Distributional Effects of the Great Recession
Jitters on the Eve of the Great Recession
Covid-19 employment shocks and safety net expansion
The Consequences of Job Displacement for Health
Differences in Problems Paying Medical Bills between African Americans and Whites from 2007 and 2009
They Are Clipping Our Wings
A Longitudinal Analysis of Job Satisfaction During a Recession in the Netherlands
Validity of the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire Mood Scale (PHQ-9) in the general population
Links in the chain of adversity following job loss
Life and death during the Great Depression
Job Displacement and Mortality
Why Are Recessions Good for Your Health?
Healthy living in hard times
Increasing mortality during the expansions of the US economy, 1900–1996
Are Recessions Good for Your Health?
Booms, Busts, and Babies' Health
The Health Effects of Economic Decline
No security
Suicides associated with the 2008-10 economic recession in England
An Overview of the Health and Retirement Study
Good times make you sick
Can a bank crisis break your heart
Deaths Rise in Good Economic Times
Banking crises and mortality during the Great Depression
Effects of chronic job insecurity and change in job security on self reported health, minor psychiatric morbidity, physiological measures, and health related behaviours in British civil servants
Mortgage Delinquency and Changes in Access to Health Resources and Depressive Symptoms in a Nationally Representative Cohort of Americans Older Than 50 Years
Material Resources and Population Health
A healthy economy can break your heart
Macroeconomic fluctuations and mortality in postwar Japan
Job loss and health in the U.S. labor market
Housing instability and health
Perceived job insecurity and worker health in the United States
Who is hurt by procyclical mortality
How does the business cycle affect eating habits
The global financial crisis and psychological health in a sample of Australian older adults
The business cycle and health behaviors
Business cycles and mortality
Recessions lower (some) mortality rates
Linking Economic Hardship to Marital Quality and Instability
Does Employment Affect Health
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 56 |