The Great Recession and Mothers' Health

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Currie, Janet; Duque, Valentina; Garfinkel, Irwin
• 署名单位: Princeton University; Columbia University
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12239
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: F311-F346
• 关键词: job loss; socioeconomic-status; MENTAL-HEALTH; mortality; unemployment; childhood; GENDER; times; bad

摘要

We use longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study to investigate the impacts of the Great Recession on the health of mothers. We focus on a wide range of physical and mental health outcomes, as well as health behaviour. We find that increases in the unemployment rate decrease self-reported health status and increase smoking and drug use. We also find evidence of heterogeneous impacts. Disadvantaged mothers - African American, Hispanic, less educated and unmarried - experience greater deterioration in their health than advantaged mothers - those who are white, married and college educated.