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

Hans Bloemen (), Stefan Hochguertel and Jochem Zweerink
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Stefan Hochguertel: VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jochem Zweerink: Utrecht University, the Netherlands

No 15-127/V, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

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: job loss; mortality; treatment effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 I10 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-11-16
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age, nep-eur, nep-hea and nep-lab
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Journal Article: Job loss, firm-level heterogeneity and mortality: Evidence from administrative data (2018)
Working Paper: Job Loss, Firm?Level Heterogeneity and Mortality: Evidence from Administrative Data (2015)
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