Unemployment and self-assessed health: Evidence from panel data

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-179

  Böckerman, Petri ^a   Ilmakunnas, Pekka ^b  

^a LABOUR INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

ECHP; Panel data; Self assessed health; Unemployment; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; PANEL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FINLAND; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 60749106631     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1361     Document Type: Article

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