| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w17657 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 17657 |
| The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Understanding Pro-cyclical Mortality | |
| Ann Huff Stevens; Douglas L. Miller; Marianne E. Page; Mateusz Filipski | |
| 发表日期 | 2011-12-15 |
| 出版年 | 2011 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | A growing literature documents cyclical movements in mortality and health. We examine this pattern more closely and attempt to identify the mechanisms behind it. Specifically, we distinguish between mechanisms that rely on fluctuations in own employment or time use and those involving factors that are external to the individual. Our investigation suggests that changes in individuals' own behavior contribute very little to pro-cyclical mortality. Looking across broad age and gender groups, we find that own-group employment rates are not systematically related to own-group mortality. In addition, we find that most of the additional deaths that occur during times of economic growth are among the elderly, particularly elderly women, who have limited labor force attachment. Focusing on mortality among the elderly, we show that cyclicality is especially strong for deaths occurring in nursing homes, and is stronger in states where a higher fraction of the elderly reside in nursing homes. We also demonstrate that staffing in skilled nursing facilities moves counter-cyclically. Taken together, these findings suggest that cyclical fluctuations in the mortality rate may be largely driven by fluctuations in the quality of health care. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Labor Economics ; Unemployment and Immigration |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w17657 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/575332 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ann Huff Stevens,Douglas L. Miller,Marianne E. Page,et al. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Understanding Pro-cyclical Mortality. 2011. |
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| w17657.pdf（309KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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