The asymmetric experience of gains and losses in job security on health

B-Tier
Journal: Health Economics
Year: 2021
Volume: 30
Issue: 9
Pages: 2217-2229

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Is workers' health more sensitive to losses than gains in job security? I address this question using the 1999 rise in the French Delalande tax as a quasi‐natural experiment. The tax design allows to separately identify the causal impact of exogenous gains and losses in job security on workers' health. Difference‐in‐differences estimation results show that a greater job insecurity reduces significantly self‐reported health. At the same time, more job security does not translate into a higher level of self‐reported health.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:hlthec:v:30:y:2021:i:9:p:2217-2229
Journal Field
Health
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25