At the intersection of adverse life course pathways: the effects on health by migration status
We analyze how intersections of migration status, and three main adverse life events, job loss and divorce/widowhood, affect the individual health trajectory. We apply fixed effects models to data from Germany to estimate the main effects of job loss and divorce/widowhood on self-rated health. We present the differential immigrant-native age trajectory of health decline; the estimated mean age of the immigrant-native health decline trajectory crossover; the effect of job loss on the differential changes in health by immigration status. Compared to natives, migrants show a health advantage at young ages, a faster health decline with age, a disadvantage at older ages; an age at crossover of ~40; a stronger effect of job loss on health changes; stronger short- and long-term effects of job loss on immigrant health, compared to natives. Further analyses will include intersectional effects of job loss, divorce and widowhood.