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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Why Are Recessions Good for Your Health?

  • Douglas L. Miller
  • Marianne E. Page
  • Ann Huff Stevens
  • Mateusz Filipski
American Economic Review
vol. 99, no. 2, May 2009
(pp. 122–27)
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Citation

Miller, Douglas L., Marianne E. Page, Ann Huff Stevens, and Mateusz Filipski. 2009. "Why Are Recessions Good for Your Health?" American Economic Review, 99 (2): 122–27. DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.122

JEL Classification

  • E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
  • I12 Health Production
  • R23 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics