New evidence on the impact of the Great Recession on health-compromising behaviours |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Primary Care & Health Sciences, David Weatherall Building, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom;2. Health Economics Unit, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, United Kingdom;3. Health Economics Unit, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, United Kingdom;4. Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, University House, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TY, United Kingdom;1. School Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine - East Midlands, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom;2. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom;3. NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom;4. University of Leicester, Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, United Kingdom;1. Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Room 322, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan''s Road, W6 8RP London, England, UK;2. Department of Gerontology, University of Southampton, UK;3. ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health (ICLS), UK;1. Department of Social Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI, 48128, USA;2. Center for Human Resource Research, Ohio State University, 921 Chatham Lane, Suite 200, Columbus, OH, 43221, USA;1. Health Services Policy & Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, United States;2. Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02142, United States;3. NBER, United States;1. Faculty of Economics, University of Iceland, Oddi v/Sturlugötu, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland;2. Department of Economics, Rider University and National Bureau of Economic Research, 2083 Lawrenceville Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, United States;3. Dept. of Pediatrics, Rutgers University—Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Child Health Institute of New Jersey, 89 French St., Room 4269, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, United States |
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| Abstract: | Using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing over the period 2004–2017, this paper explores the effects of the Great Recession and its aftermath upon health-compromising behaviours in adults aged 50 and over. We introduce new techniques into this area of research, namely dynamic random-effects logit estimators which control for initial conditions and correlated individual effects. We observe a lack of crisis effect upon the probabilities of smoking and being physically inactive, as well as of transitioning in and out of these behaviours. In line with other recent literature, this suggests that the relationship between economic recessions and smoking and physical inactivity may have broken down. Alternatively, the over 50s may have been protected from the crisis and subsequent austerity measures. Nonetheless, both the crisis and post-crisis period were associated with a lower probability of drinking frequently. |
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| Keywords: | Great Recession Drinking Smoking Physical inactivity Dynamic models English older adults |
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