We evaluate the effects of home visiting targeted towards disadvantaged first-time mothers on maternal and child health … administrative health data. In a context in which the target group has comprehensive health care access, we find that home visiting … has no effects on most types of health utilization, health behaviors, and physical health measures. However, the …

This paper extends the earlier work of Davillas and Jones (2021) on socioeconomic inequality in mental health, measured … by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), to include the second national lockdown up to March 2021. …

The relationship between recessions and health is mixed, with some evidence from the most recent financial crisis … the Irish crisis of 2008, to test the impact of economic expansion and contraction on mothers physical and mental health … and health behaviours. Three waves of data from the Irish Lifeways Cohort Study for the period 2001-2011, and local area …

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 prominent risk factors associated with the pandemic. Overall, mental health decreased …

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people’s mental health. Using representative … substantial deterioration in their mental health, self-employed men displayed no significant changes up to early 2021. Financial … losses are important in explaining these differences. In addition, we find larger mental health responses among self …

This study exploits individual data from the 8th wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE …) and the SHARE Corona Survey to investigate the mental health consequences of COVID-19 job disruption across different … downturns. The relationship between job disruption in times of COVID-19 and older workers' mental health is investigated using …

Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Wave 9) and at the initial peak (April 2020) of the pandemic. Based on a Caseness measure …

Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Wave 9) and at the initial peak (April 2020) of the pandemic. Based on a Caseness measure …

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 prominent risk factors associated with the pandemic. Overall, mental health decreased …