RT Journal Article
T1 Do the unemployed hit the bottle during economic downturns? An empirical approach for Spain
A1 Blázquez Fernández, Carla
A1 Cantarero Prieto, David
A1 Perez, Patricio
K1 3212 Salud Publica
K1 6310.12 Nivel de Vida
K1 6113.01 Alcoholismo
AB Background: This paper analyses the 2008 economic collapse in Spain with its long-lasting effects. Precisely, theones associated with lifestyles. Thus, the aim of this paper is to examine to what extent economic downturns affectindividual’s drinking behavior when focusing on unemployed people.Methods: We use discrete-choice models and matching techniques. Data from the National Health Survey for 2006and 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 andnon-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 usestrategies to be met towards health and labour pillars.
PB BMC Public Health
SN 14712458
YR 2019
FD 2019-05-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/11093/4168
UL http://hdl.handle.net/11093/4168
LA eng
NO BMC Public Health, 19(1): 523 (2019)
NO Ministerio de Educación | Ref. FPU AP-2012- 04156
DS Investigo
RD 13-oct-2024