At the height of the recent recession around 2.7 million people were unemployed, and youth unemployment accounted for nearly 40 per cent of that total. Given growing evidence that unemployment is linked to long term illness and increased mortality, we can expect health implications for those affected.
In a week when unemployment rose for the first time in over a year, Amanda Hughes writes about recent research for the ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies Work Life blog on the links between unemployment and killer diseases such as heart disease.