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The Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Mental Health: Evidence from the US

A. Adams-Prassl, T. Boneva, M. Golin, C. Rauh, Apollo-University Of Cambridge Repository
2022

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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 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
more » ... on women's mental health cannot be explained by an increase in financial worries or caring responsibilities.
doi:10.17863/cam.81910 fatcat:2iuhpqmtrvchbln6wo7jl3gkay
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A. Adams-Prassl, T. Boneva, M. Golin, C. Rauh, Apollo-University Of Cambridge Repository. "The Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Mental Health: Evidence from the US." (2022)