The impact of the coronavirus lockdown on mental health: evidence from the United States
利用美国各州封锁措施的差异和实时调查数据，发现居家令使心理健康下降0.083个标准差，且完全由女性驱动，导致心理健康性别差距扩大61%。
Abstract 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.