Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/125128 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 15-127/V
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
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.
Subjects: 
job loss
mortality
treatment effect
JEL: 
C21
I10
J63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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