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The effect of repeated lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic on UK mental health outcomes
Lindley, Joanne; Rienzo, Cinzia - 2021
This paper assesses the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown measures on the mental health of individuals in the UK, starting from the early restrictions in April 2020, and covering three subsequent lockdowns, up until March 2021. It also considers three aspects of mental health; that is 'anxiety and...
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Improving women's mental health during a pandemic
O'Higgins, Shane Niall; Caro, Luis Pinedo - 2021
In low-income settings, women are vulnerable to the psychological distress caused by the social and economic impact of large-scale shocks (e.g., pandemics, natural disasters, political). This paper evaluates a randomized over-the-phone counseling intervention aimed at mitigating the mental...
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Weather, Mobility and the Evolution of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ghirelli, Corinna; González-Piñero, Andrea; Herrera, … - 2021
between February and September of 2020, at the county level. This is then used to estimate the effect of weather and mobility … on the spread of the pandemic. We find a strong and significant effect of the weather: lower temperatures are associated … associated with a higher Rt. We also find that mobility reductions related to certain types of locations (retail and recreation …
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Working from home and mental well-being in the EU at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic : a gendered look at key mediators
Leitner, Sandra M. - 2024
This paper analyses the relationship between working from home (WFH) and mental well-being at different stages during the first two critical years of the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments repeatedly imposed lockdowns and enacted WFH mandates to contain the spread of the virus. Using data from...
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Have Girls Been Left Behind During the Covid-19 Pandemic? Gender Differences in Pandemic Effects on Children's Mental Wellbeing
Mendolia, Silvia; Suziedelyte, Agne; Zhu, Anna - 2022
Using data from the UK, we show that girls have been affected more than boys by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their mental wellbeing. These gender differences are more pronounced in lower-income families. Our results are consistent with previous findings of larger pandemic effects on mental...
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Individual subjective well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
Trinh Quang Long - 2021
This paper examines how contextual and institutional factors are associated with individual subjective well-being, which is measured by individuals' happiness, during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data collected in the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Republic of Korea,...
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The Value of Communication for Mental Health
Annan, Francis; Archibong, Belinda - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Mental health disorders account for a significant share of the overall global disease burden. The economic losses from such disorders are staggeringly large, particularly in low-income countries, where people are faced with several unexpected shocks. We test whether improved communication can...
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The CoViD-19 pandemic and mental health: disentangling crucial channels
Siflinger, Bettina; Paffenholz, Michaela; Seitz, Sebastian - 2021
Since the start of the CoViD-19 pandemic, a major source of concern has been its effect on mental health. Using pre-pandemic information and five customized questionnaires in the Dutch LISS panel, we investigate how mental health in the working population has evolved along with the most...
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Have girls been left behind during the COVID-19 pandemic? : gender differences in pandemic effects on children's mental wellbeing
Mendolia, Silvia; Suziedelyte, Agne; Zhu, Anna - 2021
Using data from the UK, we show that girls have been affected more than boys by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their mental wellbeing. These gender differences are more pronounced in lower-income families. Our results are consistent with previous findings of larger pandemic effects on mental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607586
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Remote working and mental health during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Bertoni, Marco; Cavapozzi, Danilo; Pasini, Giacomo; … - 2021
We use longitudinal data from the SHARE survey to estimate the causal effect of remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of senior Europeans. We face endogeneity concerns both for the probability of being employed during the pandemic and for the choice of different work...
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