Commentary: mortality increases during economic upturns.

New edition of International Smoking Statistics.

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Increasing mortality during the expansions of the US economy, 1900-1996.

BACKGROUND In Western countries mortality dropped throughout the 20th century, but over and above the long-term falling trend, the death rate has oscillated over time. It has been postulated that these short-term oscillations may be related to changes in the economy. METHODS To ascertain if these short-term oscillations are related to fluctuations in the economy, age-adjusted total mortality ...

Economic fluctuations and retirement of older employees

This paper studies the way in which labor market fluctuations affect the transition to early retirement among older employees in Sweden via the practice of negotiated pensions. The results indicate that downturns (upturns) in aggregated industry employment increases (decreases) the probability of early retirement. This result is driven by the public sector; in general the evidence is much weake...

Mortality in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union : long-term trends and recent upturns

Invited Commentary Invited Commentary: Are There Unrealized Benefits of Unemployment Insurance Among the Employed?

Political statements about the relationship between the economyand health intensify during economic downturns and fade in times of prosperity. Population health researchers share this cyclical interest in that the numbers of peerreviewed publications on this topic increase during and immediately after recessions. In this issue of the Journal, Cylus et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2014;180(1):45–52) fol...