Business cycles, migration and health Export

@article{citeulike:1681342, abstract = {We investigate the proposition that illness poses as an obstacle to one's ability to use migration to hedge the business cycle. We employ data on migration, regional unemployment rates and health status from 10 years (1984-1993) of the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Our results provide considerable for support this proposition. The evidence is the strongest for men, but we also find weaker evidence for married women. These results suggest that--ceterus paribus--aggregate health outcomes in an area should improve when the regional economy expands.}, author = {Halliday, Timothy J.}, citeulike-article-id = {1681342}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.007}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VBF-4MNYK0R-3/2/94636e4f22db513502a3c7a1d8d7f90b}, doi = {10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.007}, journal = {Social Science \& Medicine}, keywords = {business\_cycle, health}, month = {April}, number = {7}, pages = {1420--1424}, posted-at = {2007-09-21 03:12:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Business cycles, migration and health}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.007}, volume = {64}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1681342 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1681342 N2 - We investigate the proposition that illness poses as an obstacle to one's ability to use migration to hedge the business cycle. We employ data on migration, regional unemployment rates and health status from 10 years (1984-1993) of the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Our results provide considerable for support this proposition. The evidence is the strongest for men, but we also find weaker evidence for married women. These results suggest that--ceterus paribus--aggregate health outcomes in an area should improve when the regional economy expands. IS - 7 JF - Social Science & Medicine EP - 1424 TI - Business cycles, migration and health VL - 64 SP - 1420 KW - business_cycle KW - health AU - Halliday, Timothy PY - 2007/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.007 ER -