Job Loss, Firm?Level Heterogeneity and Mortality: Evidence from Administrative Data

Hans Bloemen (), Stefan Hochguertel () and Jochem Zweerink ()
Additional contact information
Stefan Hochguertel: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jochem Zweerink: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

No 9483, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper estimates the effect of job loss on mortality for older male workers with strong labor force attachment. Using Dutch administrative data, we find that job loss due to sudden firm closure increased the probability to die within five years by a sizable 0.60 percentage points. Importantly, this effect is estimated using a model that controls for firm-level worker characteristics, such as firm-level average mortality rates for mortality during the four years prior to the year of observation. On the mechanism driving the effect of job loss on mortality, we provide evidence for an effect running through stress and changes in life style.

Keywords: treatment effect; mortality; job loss (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 I10 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2015-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-hea and nep-lab
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published - published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 59, 78-90

Downloads: (external link)
https://docs.iza.org/dp9483.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: Job loss, firm-level heterogeneity and mortality: Evidence from administrative data (2018)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9483

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
IZA, Margard Ody, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) IZA, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Holger Hinte ().