Journal
ECONOMIC POLICY
Volume 37, Issue 109, Pages 139-155Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/epolic/eiac002
Keywords
I10; I14; I18; I30
Categories
Funding
- Economic and Social Research Council (UKRI) [ES/V004042/1]
- University of Oxford
- University of Zurich
- Cambridge INET
- Cambridge Keynes Fund
- ESRC [ES/V004042/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The coronavirus outbreak has significantly disrupted people's lives. Lockdown measures have led to a decrease in mental health, particularly for women, resulting in an increased gender gap in mental health.
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.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available