Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 11, 2025
08:07
Author Spotlight: Advancing Labor Management Through Electromyometrial Imaging for Understanding Uterine Contractions
Published on: May 26, 2023
1.3K
Health and Unemployment During a Negative Labor Demand Shock
Espen Bratberg1, Tor Helge Holmås2, Egil Kjerstad2
1University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Health Economics
|August 14, 2025
Summary
Pre-existing health conditions worsen unemployment risks during economic downturns, especially for women and younger workers. Poor health can also increase reliance on social insurance, acting as a substitute for unemployment benefits.
Area of Science:
- Economics
- Public Health
- Sociology
Background:
- The link between unemployment and health is established, but causal pathways are not fully understood.
- Adverse labor market shocks can disproportionately affect individuals with pre-existing health conditions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how pre-existing health conditions amplify the impact of labor market shocks.
- To analyze the heterogeneous effects of health on unemployment susceptibility across demographic and occupational groups.
Main Methods:
- Utilized quasi-experimental variation in local unemployment rates triggered by a petroleum price shock in Norway.
- Conducted heterogeneity analysis based on gender, age, education, and job type.
Main Results:
- Workers with compromised health face a significantly higher risk of unemployment during economic downturns.
- Females and younger workers exhibit greater sensitivity to health-related unemployment.
- Higher education and white-collar jobs are associated with amplified health-driven unemployment effects.
Conclusions:
- Pre-existing health conditions are a critical factor in unemployment vulnerability during economic shocks.
- Social insurance uptake, particularly health-related benefits, can substitute for unemployment benefits among certain demographics.
- Findings highlight the complex interplay between health, employment, and social welfare policies.
Related Concept Videos
01:30Negative and Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia
123
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia indicate a reduction or absence of typical behaviors and emotional responses found in healthy individuals, while positive symptoms reflect an excess or distortion of normal functioning.
Negative Symptoms
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia manifest as deficits in normal emotional and behavioral functioning, profoundly impacting daily life. Individuals with schizophrenia often display a flat affect, characterized by a near-total absence of emotional expression,...
Negative Symptoms
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia manifest as deficits in normal emotional and behavioral functioning, profoundly impacting daily life. Individuals with schizophrenia often display a flat affect, characterized by a near-total absence of emotional expression,...
123
00:58Positive, Negative, and Zero Work
19.4K
Work is done on an object when energy is transferred to the object. In other words, work is done when a force acts on a body that undergoes a displacement from one position to another. By definition, the work done by a force is the integral of the force with respect to the displacement along its path. Forces can vary as a function of position, and displacements can occur along various paths between two points. The magnitude of a force multiplied by the cosine of the angle that the force makes...
19.4K
01:24Blood Pressure Imbalances and Circulatory Shock
1.0K
Disorders affecting blood volume, vascular tone, or vascular function can disrupt vascular homeostasis, including conditions like hypertension, hemorrhage, and shock.
Blood Pressure: Hypertension and Hypotension
Normal blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg. Elevated blood pressure is 120-129/under 80 mm Hg. Hypertension, warranting treatment at 130/80 mm Hg, is often asymptomatic and can lead to severe cardiovascular events, aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease, chronic renal disease, or cardiac...
Blood Pressure: Hypertension and Hypotension
Normal blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg. Elevated blood pressure is 120-129/under 80 mm Hg. Hypertension, warranting treatment at 130/80 mm Hg, is often asymptomatic and can lead to severe cardiovascular events, aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease, chronic renal disease, or cardiac...
1.0K
01:09Potential Energy
728
A conservative force, such as a gravitational or elastic force, gives the body the capacity to do work. This capacity, measured as the potential energy, depends on the body's location or “position” relative to a fixed reference position or datum. The gravitational potential energy is considered zero at the reference point. Suppose a body is located at some vertical distance above a fixed horizontal reference or datum. In that case, the weight of the body has positive...
728
01:08The Availability Heuristic
6.4K
A heuristic is a general problem-solving framework (Tversky & Kahneman, 1974). You can think of these as mental shortcuts that are used to solve problems. Different types of heuristics are used in different types of situations, and the impulse to use a heuristic occurs when one of five conditions is met (Pratkanis, 1989):
6.4K
01:20Psychological Responses to Stress
100
Psychological responses to stress encompass the various cognitive and emotional reactions individuals experience when faced with challenging or threatening situations, such as a job loss. Prolonged exposure to stressors can disturb emotional balance, increasing negative emotions (e.g., anxiety and sadness) and diminishing positive emotions (e.g., joy and satisfaction). These persistent emotional shifts are associated with an increased risk of both physical illness and mental health issues, such...
100