The Great Recession and Mothers’ Health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9703756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet Currie (0000-0003-0424-2966, Princeton University), Janet M Currie (0000-0002-9220-9113, Princeton University), Valentina Duque (0000-0002-3349-4591, Columbia University), Irwin Garfinkel (Columbia University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue | 588 |
| Pages | F311-F346 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12239 |
| PMID | 27212714 |
| OpenAlex | W2175387505 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 46 |
We investigate the impacts of the dramatic increases in state unemployment rates that accompanied the Great Recession on the health of women with children using the last two waves of the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study. We focus on a wide range of physical and mental health outcomes, as well as health behaviors. Our findings from individual fixed effects models suggest heterogeneous impacts across demographic and socioeconomic groups. While a rise in the unemployment rate worsened the physical and mental health, and increased the likelihood of smoking and using drugs for disadvantaged women (minorities, unmarried, and those with low education), the crisis may have actually improved the mental health of more advantaged women (Whites, marrieds, and high education) as well as improving their physical health in some respects: Whites were less likely to be obese and highly educated mothers were less likely to have health problems. High unemployment rates also increased the odds of smoking and drinking for more educated and White women. Our results confirm the importance of controlling for individual fixed effects to identify the causal impact of unemployment as well as the importance of considering heterogeneous impacts across groups
Demographic economics · Economics · Great recession · Keynesian economics · Recession · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes
Who Suffers During Recessions
Wealth shocks and self-reported health
Socio-economic Circumstances at Birth and Early Motherhood
Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage
Exogenous shocks and citizens’ satisfaction with governmental policies
Developing a Measure of the Impact of Covid‐19 Social Distancing on Household Conflict and Cohesion
The Great Recession weighted on Portuguese children
Widening socio-economic disparities in early childhood obesity in Los Angeles County after the Great Recession
The Great Recession and risk for child abuse and neglect
The role of gene–environment interaction in the formation of risk attitudes
The effects of employment on influenza rates
Postpartum medical utilization
Association of cigarette smoking with changes in macroeconomic conditions
Is inconsistent reporting of self-assessed health persistent and systematic? Evidence from the UKHLS
The effect of local unemployment on health
Prenatal economic shocks and birth outcomes in UK cohort data
Cyclical unemployment and infant health
Impact of the Great Recession on mental health, substance use and violence in families with children
Racial Differentials in the Wealth Effects of the Financial Crisis and Great Recession
Looking at Anxiety from the Eyes of Domestic Workers
Domestic Burdens Amid Covid-19 and Women’s Mental Health in Middle-Income Africa
The impact of changing economic conditions on overweight risk among children in California from 2008 to 2012
Economic Uncertainty, Parental Selection, and Children’s Educational Outcomes
Economic Shocks, Early Life Circumstances and Later Life Outcomes
Hunting for fresh food
Current and Expected Economic Hardship and Satisfaction With Family Life in Europe
Parental unemployment during the Great Recession and childhood adiposity
Effects of a trauma-informed curriculum on depression, self-efficacy, economic security, and substance use among Tanf participants
The impact of the Great Recession on health-related risk factors, behaviour and outcomes in England
Relationships Between the Great Recession and Widening Maternal and Child Health Disparities
A Treatise on the Family
Recession depression
Self-rated health status as a health measure
Job Displacement and Mortality
The effects of low-pay and unemployment on psychological well-being
Healthy living in hard times
Local labor market fluctuations and health
Are Recessions Good for Your Health?
Booms, Busts, and Babies' Health
Alcohol abuse and economic conditions
The lasting impact of childhood health and circumstance
Human capital development before age five
Does drinking really decrease in bad times?
Good times make you sick
Socioeconomic Status and Child Health
The effect of unemployment on mental health
The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview short‐form (CIDI‐SF)
Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function
Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
Marriage Markets and Assortative Mating with Household Public Goods
Deaths Rise in Good Economic Times
Fragile Families
Unemployment and Mental Health
Patient Adherence and Medical Treatment Outcomes
Wealth Disparities Before and After the Great Recession
Job loss is bad for your health - Swedish evidence on cause-specific hospitalization following involuntary job loss
The business cycle and health behaviors
Recessions lower (some) mortality rates
Is precarious employment damaging to self-rated health? Results of propensity score matching methods, using longitudinal data in South Korea
Who Suffers During Recessions
Gender, Parenthood, and Anger
Economic Context and the Health Effects of Unemployment
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |