The impact of the coronavirus lockdown on mental health: evidence from the United States
Autor: | Abi Adams-Prassl, Teodora Boneva, Marta Golin, Christopher Rauh |
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Přispěvatelé: | Rauh, C [0000-0001-6353-1640], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Zdroj: | Economic Policy. 37:139-155 |
ISSN: | 1468-0327 0266-4658 |
Popis: | The coronavirus outbreak has caused significant disruptions to people’s lives. We exploit variation in lockdown measures across states to document the impact of stay-at-home orders on mental health using real-time survey data in the United States. We find that the lockdown measures lowered mental health by 0.083 standard deviations. This large negative effect is entirely driven by women. As a result of the lockdown measures, the existing gender gap in mental health has increased by 61%. The negative effect on women’s mental health cannot be explained by an increase in financial worries or caring responsibilities. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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