Business cycle and mortality in Spain

In the last couple of decades, there has been a lot of interest on the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on health and mortality rates. Many studies, for different countries, find that mortality is procyclical. However, studies examining the effects of more recent recessions are less conclusive,...

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Autores: Cervini-Plá, María|||0000-0001-9582-8457, Vall-Castelló, Judit
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Mortality
Health
Recessions
Business cycle
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spelling Business cycle and mortality in SpainCervini-Plá, María|||0000-0001-9582-8457Vall-Castelló, JuditMortalityHealthRecessionsBusiness cycleE32I10I12I14J14J16In the last couple of decades, there has been a lot of interest on the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on health and mortality rates. Many studies, for different countries, find that mortality is procyclical. However, studies examining the effects of more recent recessions are less conclusive, finding mortality to be less procyclical, or even countercyclical. In this paper, using data of Spanish provinces from 1999 to 2016, we investigate how this relationship works in the context of a country that is subject to extreme business cycle fluctuations. Furthermore, we analyze the impact of unemployment for different mortality causes and we explore differences by sex, age group and level of education. In general terms, we find mortality to be procyclical so that when the economy is in a recession, mortality falls. When exploring mortality causes, we show that deaths from cardiovascular disease, cancer, senility, transport accidents and homicides are procyclical. By sex, we find procyclicality for both men and women. By age, mortality is procyclical for all age groups; however, the causes of death that result in this procyclical behavior are specific to each age group. By educational level, suicide appears as a countercyclical cause for individuals with intermediate levels of education. 22021-01-0120212021-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/250433https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s10198-021-01336-7reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2504332026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Business cycle and mortality in Spain
title Business cycle and mortality in Spain
spellingShingle Business cycle and mortality in Spain
Cervini-Plá, María|||0000-0001-9582-8457
Mortality
Health
Recessions
Business cycle
E32
I10
I12
I14
J14
J16
title_short Business cycle and mortality in Spain
title_full Business cycle and mortality in Spain
title_fullStr Business cycle and mortality in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Business cycle and mortality in Spain
title_sort Business cycle and mortality in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cervini-Plá, María|||0000-0001-9582-8457
Vall-Castelló, Judit
author Cervini-Plá, María|||0000-0001-9582-8457
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Vall-Castelló, Judit
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mortality
Health
Recessions
Business cycle
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I12
I14
J14
J16
topic Mortality
Health
Recessions
Business cycle
E32
I10
I12
I14
J14
J16
description In the last couple of decades, there has been a lot of interest on the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on health and mortality rates. Many studies, for different countries, find that mortality is procyclical. However, studies examining the effects of more recent recessions are less conclusive, finding mortality to be less procyclical, or even countercyclical. In this paper, using data of Spanish provinces from 1999 to 2016, we investigate how this relationship works in the context of a country that is subject to extreme business cycle fluctuations. Furthermore, we analyze the impact of unemployment for different mortality causes and we explore differences by sex, age group and level of education. In general terms, we find mortality to be procyclical so that when the economy is in a recession, mortality falls. When exploring mortality causes, we show that deaths from cardiovascular disease, cancer, senility, transport accidents and homicides are procyclical. By sex, we find procyclicality for both men and women. By age, mortality is procyclical for all age groups; however, the causes of death that result in this procyclical behavior are specific to each age group. By educational level, suicide appears as a countercyclical cause for individuals with intermediate levels of education.
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