Citation

Kaiser M, Bauer JM, Sousa-Poza A. Appl. Econ. Lett. 2017; 24(12): 815-819.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13504851.2016.1231888

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In this article, we use 22 years of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and information on plant closures to investigate the effects of unemployment on four indicators of unhealthy lifestyles: diet, alcohol consumption, smoking and (a lack of) physical activity. In contrast to much of the existing literature, which unlike our analysis is unable to assess causality, our results provide little evidence that unemployment gives rise to unhealthy lifestyles.

Language: en

Keywords

alcohol consumption; B23; diet; I12; J64; physical activity; Smoking