The public health costs of job loss

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1099-1115

  Kuhn, Andreas ^a   Lalive, Rafael ^b   Zweimüller, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health; Job loss; Plant closure; Social cost of unemployment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CLOSURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION COST; INCOME; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWITZERLAND; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70649088854     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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