ArticleAmerican journal of public health2015
Health effects of unemployment benefit program generosity.
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Abstract
objectivesWe assessed the impact of unemployment benefit programs on the health of the unemployed.
methodsWe linked US state law data on maximum allowable unemployment benefit levels between 1985 and 2008 to individual self-rated health for heads of households in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and implemented state and year fixed-effect models.
resultsUnemployment was associated with increased risk of reporting poor health among men in both linear probability (b=0.0794; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.0623, 0.0965) and logistic models (odds ratio=2.777; 95% CI=2.294, 3.362), but this effect is lower when the generosity of state unemployment benefits is high (b for interaction between unemployment and benefits=-0.124; 95% CI=-0.197, -0.0523). A 63% increase in benefits completely offsets the impact of unemployment on self-reported health.
conclusionsResults suggest that unemployment benefits may significantly alleviate the adverse health effects of unemployment among men.
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