| Titre : | Long-term unemployment subsidies and middle-age disadvantaged workers’ health. |
| Partie : | WP Econ 20.11 |
| Auteurs : | J.I. GARCIA-PEREZ ; R. SERRANO-ALARCON ; J. VALL CASTELLO ; Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Department of Economics. Sevilla. ESP |
| Type de document : | Document de travail |
| Editeur : | Seville : Université Pablo de Olavide, 2020 |
| Format : | 42p., fig., tabl. |
| Note générale : | Référence : réf. bibl. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[BDSP5] Démographie > Population > Sexe > Homme [BDSP5] Economie travail > Marché travail [BDSP5] Etudes méthodes et statistiques [NI] > Méthodologie > Organisation > Réforme [BDSP5] Géographie politique > Monde > Europe > Espagne [BDSP5] Groupe population > Population défavorisée [BDSP5] Information sanitaire > Etat santé [BDSP5] Protection sociale > Assurance chômage > Prestation chômage > Allocation chômage [BDSP5] Protection sociale > Sécurité sociale > Condition ouverture droits [BDSP5] Santé mentale > Psychopathologie [BDSP5] Système soins > Filière soins > Soins hospitaliers > Hospitalisation [BDSP5] Travail > Histoire professionnelle > Chômage > Chômage longue durée |
| Résumé : | We estimate the labour market and health effects of a long-term unemployment (LTU) subsidy targeted to middle aged disadvantaged workers. In order to do so, we exploit a Spanish reform introduced in July 2012 that increased the age eligibility threshold to receive the subsidy from 52 to 55. Using a within-cohort identification strategy, we show that men ineligible for the subsidy were more likely to leave the labour force. In terms of health outcomes, although we do not report impacts on hospitalizations when considering the whole sample, we do find significant results when we separate the analysis by main diagnosis and gender. More specifically, we show a reduction by 12.9% in hospitalizations due to injuries as well as a drop by 2 percentage points in the probability of a mental health diagnosis for men who were eligible for the LTU subsidy. Our results highlight the role of long-term unemployment benefits as a protecting device for the health (both physical and mental) of middle aged, low educated men who are in a disadvantaged position in the labour market. |
| En ligne : | https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/pabwpaper/20.11.htm |