High Unemployment Rate
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A High Unemployment Rate is an unemployment rate that is a high rate.
- Context:
- It can (typically) increase Suicide Rates (Tapia Granados & Diez Roux, 2009, Blakely et al., 2003)
- It can range from being a Relatively-High Unemployment Rate to being a Very-High Unemployment Rate.
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- Example(s):
- during The Great Depression.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Labor Market Institution, Mass Technological Unemployment, Societal State.
References
2011
- (Amato & Beattie, 2011) ⇒ Paul Amato R., and Brett Beattie. (2011). “Does the Unemployment Rate Affect the Divorce Rate? An Analysis of State Data 1960–2005." Social Science Research 40, no. 3
- QUOTE: … Irrespective of whether the recession is officially over, recovery will be slow, and the high unemployment rate (at the time of this writing) is likely to … Presumably the stress associated with job loss takes time to erode a marriage to the point of disruption. …
2009
- (Tapia Granados & Diez Roux, 2009) ⇒ José A. Tapia Granadosa, and Ana V. Diez Roux. (2009). “Life and Death During the Great Depression." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106, no. 41
- QUOTE: Recent events highlight the importance of examining the impact of economic downturns on population health. The Great Depression of the 1930s was the most important economic downturn in the U.S. in the twentieth century. We used historical life expectancy and mortality data to examine associations of economic growth with population health for the period 1920–1940. We conducted descriptive analyses of trends and examined associations between annual changes in health indicators and annual changes in economic activity using correlations and regression models. Population health did not decline and indeed generally improved during the 4 years of the Great Depression, 1930–1933, with mortality decreasing for almost all ages, and life expectancy increasing by several years in males, females, whites, and nonwhites. For most age groups, mortality tended to peak during years of strong economic expansion (such as 1923, 1926, 1929, and 1936–1937). In contrast, the recessions of 1921, 1930–1933, and 1938 coincided with declines in mortality and gains in life expectancy. The only exception was suicide mortality which increased during the Great Depression, but accounted for less than 2% of deaths. …
… and consequent social unrest was widespread. Nevertheless, this was not associated with major declines in population health, which suggests that other mechanisms more than compensate the possible detrimental health impact of high unemployment and economic disruption …
- QUOTE: Recent events highlight the importance of examining the impact of economic downturns on population health. The Great Depression of the 1930s was the most important economic downturn in the U.S. in the twentieth century. We used historical life expectancy and mortality data to examine associations of economic growth with population health for the period 1920–1940. We conducted descriptive analyses of trends and examined associations between annual changes in health indicators and annual changes in economic activity using correlations and regression models. Population health did not decline and indeed generally improved during the 4 years of the Great Depression, 1930–1933, with mortality decreasing for almost all ages, and life expectancy increasing by several years in males, females, whites, and nonwhites. For most age groups, mortality tended to peak during years of strong economic expansion (such as 1923, 1926, 1929, and 1936–1937). In contrast, the recessions of 1921, 1930–1933, and 1938 coincided with declines in mortality and gains in life expectancy. The only exception was suicide mortality which increased during the Great Depression, but accounted for less than 2% of deaths. …
2003
- (Blakely et al., 2003) ⇒ Tony A. Blakely, Sunny CD Collings, and June Atkinson. (2003). “Unemployment and Suicide. Evidence for a Causal Association ?.” In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 57, no. 8
2000
- (Blanchard & Wolfers, 2000) ⇒ Olivier Blanchard, and Justin Wolfers. (2000). “The Role of Shocks and Institutions in the Rise of European Unemployment: The Aggregate Evidence." The Economic Journal 110, no. 462
- QUOTE: … in Fig. 1. • Explanations that focus on the role of adverse labour market institutions. Labour market institutions affect the nature of unemployment, and some can indeed potentially generate a high unemployment rate. With the …