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Do the unemployed hit the bottle during economic downturns? An empirical approach for Spain
- Source :
- BMC Public Health (2019) 19:523, BMC Public Health, BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019), UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria, Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background This paper analyses the 2008 economic collapse in Spain with its long-lasting effects. Precisely, the ones associated with lifestyles. Thus, the aim of this paper is to examine to what extent economic downturns affect individual’s drinking behavior when focusing on unemployed people. Methods We use discrete-choice models and matching techniques. Data from the National Health Survey for 2006 and 2011–2012 provides a clear picture before and after the 2008 breakdown in Spain. Results We find that drinking over the business cycle is a function of individual socio-demographic status. Besides, our empirical findings are consistent with the idea that following the crisis differences between unemployed and non-unemployed fell to at least in accordance with a lower overall consumption of alcoholic beverages. Conclusions Public policy design for drinkers would require both prevention and recovery from alcohol use strategies to be met towards health and labour pillars. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-6882-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Matching (statistics)
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking
Unemployed
Public policy
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Public Policy
Matching techniques
Economic collapse
Affect (psychology)
Discrete-choice models
Crisis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Business cycle
Medicine
Humans
Alcohol consumption
030212 general & internal medicine
Consumption (economics)
Discrete choice
business.industry
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
lcsh:RA1-1270
Middle Aged
Health Surveys
3212 Salud Publica
6310.12 Nivel de Vida
Economic Recession
Socioeconomic Factors
6113.01 Alcoholismo
Unemployment
Spain
Demographic economics
Female
business
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Public Health (2019) 19:523, BMC Public Health, BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019), UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria, Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cbee457b47ab857ed1d22485e4b2865b