Scandinavian Working Papers in Business Administration

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Örebro University, School of Business

No 2006:9: Economic Upturns are Good for Your Heart but Watch out for Accidents

Mikael Svensson ()
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Mikael Svensson: Department of Business, Economics, Statistics and Informatics, Postal: Örebro University, Department of Business, Economics, Statistics and Informatics, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden

Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between the regional unemployment rate and total and cause-specific mortality in Sweden during 1976-2005. Overall mortality is unrelated to changes in the unemployment rate, while the biggest cause of death (heart disease) decreases during economic upturns. At the same time other accidents, including job-related accidents, increase during economic upturns. Swedish evidence provides no support for the US papers which have found that short-term economic upturns are bad for your health in general.

Keywords: Determinants of Health; Mortality; Unemployment

JEL-codes: E32; I12

18 pages, First version: December 14, 2006. Revised: June 26, 2007.

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