The impact of the coronavirus lockdown on mental health: evidence from the United States
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 he...
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2022
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| author | Adams-Prassl, ACG Boneva, T Golin, M Rauh, C |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:12cfeedb-5626-40c8-8989-e78ed02ce9fa2022-08-23T08:48:53ZThe impact of the coronavirus lockdown on mental health: evidence from the United StatesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:12cfeedb-5626-40c8-8989-e78ed02ce9faEnglishSymplectic ElementsOxford University Press2022Adams-Prassl, ACGBoneva, TGolin, MRauh, CThe 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. |
| spellingShingle | Adams-Prassl, ACG Boneva, T Golin, M Rauh, C The impact of the coronavirus lockdown on mental health: evidence from the United States |
| title | The impact of the coronavirus lockdown on mental health: evidence from the United States |
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