The impact of the Coronavirus lockdown on mental health: evidence from the US

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 US. We find that the lockdown measures lowered mental he...

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Main Authors: Adams-Prassl, A, Boneva, T, Golin, M, Rauh, C
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: University of Oxford 2021