Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/306898 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
CeMPA Working Paper Series No. CeMPA WP 3/23
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis (CeMPA), Colchester
Abstract: 
The UK, and other high-income countries, are experiencing substantial increases in living costs. Several overlapping and intersecting economic crises threaten physical and mental health in the immediate and longer term. Policy responses may buffer against the worst effects (e.g. welfare support) or further undermine health (e.g. austerity). We explore fundamental causes underpinning the cost-of-living crisis, examine potential pathways by which the crisis could impact population health and use a case study to model potential impacts of one aspect of the crisis on a specific health outcome. Our modelling illustrates how policy approaches can substantially protect health and avoid exacerbating health inequalities. Targeting support at vulnerable households is likely to protect health most effectively. The current crisis is likely to be the first of many in era of political and climate uncertainty. More refined integrated economic and health modelling has the potential to inform policy integration, or 'health in all policies'.
Subjects: 
Health
Income Dynamics
Microsimulation
Life Course Analysis
Psychology
Household Economics
Poverty
Welfare Benefits
Economics
Public Policy
Living Standards
Well Being
Economic Policy
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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