Trade Liberalization and Mortality: Evidence from U.S. Counties / Justin R. Pierce, Peter K. Schott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pierce, Justin R.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Schott, Peter K.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w22849.

NBER working paper series no. w22849

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Trade Liberalization and Mortality

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2016.

Summary:

We investigate the impact of a large economic shock on mortality. We find that counties more exposed to a plausibly exogenous trade liberalization exhibit higher rates of suicide and related causes of death, concentrated among whites, especially white males. These trends are consistent with our finding that more-exposed counties experience relative declines in manufacturing employment, a sector in which whites and males are disproportionately employed. We also examine other causes of death that might be related to labor market disruption and find both positive and negative relationships. More-exposed counties, for example, exhibit lower rates of fatal heart attacks.

Notes:

Print version record

November 2016.