Economic Insecurity and Health

Journal article: We here show that individual-level economic insecurity, based on the time profle of economic resources, is detrimental to both physical and mental health in long-run Australian panel data. This relationship is found in panel data, comparing an individual’s change in economic security over time to the changes in her health. A heterogeneity analysis reveals that economic insecurity is par-ticularly detrimental to the health of the most-deprived, those over the age of 30, and men rather than women.

Author(s)

Andrew E. Clark, Conchita d’Ambrosio, Rémi Yin

Journal
  • Review of Public Economics
Date of publication
  • 2023
Keywords JEL
D63 I14 I32
Keywords
  • Economic Insecurity
  • Mental health
  • Physical health
  • HILDA
Pages
  • 69-90
Version
  • 1
Volume
  • 247