Economic Insecurity and Health

• CONCHITA DAMBROSIO ^[1] ; ANDREW E. CLARK ^[1] ; RÉMI YIN ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Luxembourg

     University of Luxembourg

     Luxemburgo

     
• Localización: Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, ISSN 0210-1173, Nº 247, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special issue on economic insecurity, vulnerability and inequality: The role of public policies), págs. 69-90
• Idioma: inglés
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  • We here show that individual-level economic insecurity, based on the time profile of economic resources, is detrimental to both physical and mental health in long-run Australian panel data. This relationship is found in panel data, comparing an individual’s change in economic security over time to the changes in her health. A heterogeneity analysis reveals that economic insecurity is particularly detrimental to the health of the most-deprived, those over the age of 30, and men rather than women.