Could recessions actually help save lives?

A new research paper by professors from top US universities notes that age-adjusted mortality in the US fell by 2.3 percent during the Great Recession They suggest that mortality rates rise in good times and fall in hard times. The hypothesis for such findings leads to a recession causing massive job losses that in turn leads to lesser air pollution, people having more time to exercise, and less money to spend on alcohol and drugs

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