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    Macroeconomic shocks, job security, and health evidence from the mining industry

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    Johnston, DW; Shields, MA; Suziedelyte, A
    Date
    2020-06-01
    Source Title
    American Journal of Health Economics
    Publisher
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press)
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Shields, Michael
    Affiliation
    Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
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    Johnston, D. W., Shields, M. A. & Suziedelyte, A. (2020). Macroeconomic shocks, job security, and health evidence from the mining industry. American Journal of Health Economics, 6 (3), pp.348-371. https://doi.org/10.1086/708929.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/254120
    DOI
    10.1086/708929
    Open Access URL
    https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/23957/2/AJHE%20accepted%20version.pdf
    Abstract
    How do exogenous changes in the macroeconomic environment affect workers’ perceived job security, and consequently, their mental and physical health? To answer this question, we exploit variation in world commodity prices over the period 2001–17 and analyze panel data that include detailed classifications of mining workers. We find that commodity price increases cause increases in perceived job security, which in turn, significantly and substantively improves the mental health of workers. In contrast, we find no effects on physical health. Our results imply that the estimated welfare costs of recessions are much larger when the effects of job insecurity, and not only unemployment, are considered.

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