Insights on unemployment, unemployment insurance, and mental health

Tefft, Nathan

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.01.006

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“…There is a positive association between unemployment and depression (Economou et al, 2012;Riumallo-Herl et al, 2014;Tefft, 2011), suicidal thoughts (Vanderoost et al, 2013) and complete suicide (Costa et al, 2012;Duleba et al, 2012;Uutela, 2010). Our results add to these findings and suggest that unemployment or loss of income is associated with an overall 20.0% increase in MDD relapse.…”

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“…Financial crisis have been associated with poor mental health, depression, and attempted or completed suicides (Avcin et al, 2011;Economou et al, 2012Economou et al, , 2013aGiotakos, 2010;Lee et al, 2010;Meltzer et al, 2010;Pompili et al, 2014;Tefft, 2011). Given the potential devastating effects on society, it is of the utmost importance to identify specific risk factors in order to promptly and effectively respond, minimizing the psychological, functional, personal and family impact of financial crisis.…”

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Financial crisis increases the risk of depression relapse

Mota-Pereira

2015

Journal of Psychiatric Research

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Financial crisis increases the risk of depression relapse

Mota-Pereira

2015

Journal of Psychiatric Research

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“…Research on health and economic downturns supports this concept: mental health declines during downturns (Ruhm 2000;Tefft 2011;mcInerney, mellor, and hersch 2013). Of particular relevance for this study, maclean (2013) and maclean and hill (2013) documented that men (not women) who leave school in an economic downturn have worse self-reported health, more depressive symptoms, and lower self-esteem in middle age than otherwise similar men.…”

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The Lasting Effects of Leaving School in an Economic Downturn on Alcohol Use

Maclean

2014

ILR Review

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The author tests whether leaving school in an economic downturn persistently affects alcohol use. she models alcohol use in middle age as a function of the state unemployment rate at school-leaving in the national Longitudinal survey of Youth 1979 cohort. The results suggest that men, but not women, who leave school in an economic downturn consume more drinks and are more likely to report heavy and binge drinking than otherwise similar men. findings are robust to addressing the endogeneity of the time and location of schoolleaving and contribute to the literature on the lasting consequences of leaving school in an economic downturn.

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“…Using indexes of Google searches for the terms “depression” and “anxiety” and unemployment data from the U.S. Department of Labor for the period 2004 through 2009, Tefft examined the impact of unemployment rates and unemployment insurance claims on mental health concerns (Tefft, 2011). Tefft found a positive association between monthly unemployment rates and the online search indexes for depression and a negative association between initial unemployment insurance claims and online search indexes for both depression (−0.27) and anxiety (−0.33).…”

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Family Economic Security Policies and Child and Family Health

Spencer

Komro

2017

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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In this review we examine the effects of family economic security policies (i.e., minimum wage, Earned Income Tax Credit, unemployment insurance, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) on child and family health outcomes, summarize policy generosity across states in the U.S., and discuss directions and possibilities for future research. This manuscript is an update to a review article that was published in 2014. Millions of Americans are affected by family economic security policies each year, many of whom are the most vulnerable in society. There is increasing evidence that these policies impact health outcomes and behaviors of adults and children. Further, research indicates that, overall, policies which are more restrictive are associated with poorer health behaviors and outcomes; however, the strength of the evidence differs across each of the four policies. There is significant diversity in state-level policies and it is plausible that these policy variations are contributing to health disparities across and within states. Despite increasing evidence of the relationship between economic policies and health, there continues to be limited attention to this issue. State policy variations offer a valuable opportunity for scientists to conduct natural experiments and contribute to evidence linking social policy effects to family and child wellbeing. The mounting evidence will help to guide future research and policy making for evolving toward a more nurturing society for family and child health and wellbeing.

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Insights on unemployment, unemployment insurance, and mental health

Cited by 148 publications

References 21 publications

Financial crisis increases the risk of depression relapse

Financial crisis increases the risk of depression relapse

The Lasting Effects of Leaving School in an Economic Downturn on Alcohol Use

Family Economic Security Policies and Child and Family Health

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