Time series analysis of the relationship between unemployment and mortality: A survey of econometric critiques and replications of Brenner's studies

Adam Wagstaff

Social Science & Medicine, 1985, vol. 21, issue 9, 985-996

Abstract: M. Harvey Brenner's numerous time-series analyses of the relationship between population mortality rates and aggregate unemployment rates have attracted considerable attention from academics, policy-makers and the mass-media. Over the course of the last few years, however, Brenner's studies have begun to be subjected to critical scrutiny by econometricians. This paper provides a survey of these studies and concludes that--contrary to what is often claimed--Brenner's analyses do not provide convincing evidence that the social costs of unemployment include premature deaths.

Date: 1985
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