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# Life expectancy rose faster in countries hit harder by 2008 recession
- URL: https://www.coios.me/life-expectancy-rose-faster-in-countries-hit-harder-by-2008/
- Published: 2026-09-11T00:48:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T01:21:31.000Z
- Description: Life expectancy increased faster in European countries where unemployment rose most after 2008, such as Greece and Spain, than in less-affected ones such as Germany, and the faster improvement persisted through 2019.
- Author: Daniel Ryan
- Tags: Demographic, Power of data, Whether mortality improvement has stalled, and where, Greece, Spain, Germany, European Union, #peer-reviewed, #refines, #item

Using Eurostat data from 2001 to 2019, researchers compared mortality trends in European countries differentially affected by the 2008 financial crisis. Life expectancy increased faster in countries where unemployment rose most sharply (Greece, Spain) than in less-affected countries (Germany). The mortality improvement persisted through 2019 even as economic indicators recovered, suggesting asymmetric rather than procyclical links between economic cycles and mortality.

*Why it is interesting: Challenges the established procyclical model of mortality response to economic downturns in developed countries.*

Source

[Journal of population research (Canberra, A.C.T.), 2022-08-08](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12546-022-09290-8?ref=coios.me)

DOI

10.1007/s12546-022-09290-8

Type

Peer-reviewed article

Design

Difference-in-differences, Eurostat data 2001–2019, European countries

Verdict

Refines prior evidence

Development

[Whether mortality improvement has stalled, and where](https://www.coios.me/d-mortality-improvement/)