Pandemic exposure and long‐run psychological well‐being
利用全国调查数据，研究21世纪首次全球疫情（SARS）暴露对12年后心理健康的因果影响，发现疫情风险暴露显著降低心理健康，并导致悲观信念和及时行乐行为。
Abstract Using individuals' life history information from a large‐scale national survey ( N = 13,044), we causally evaluate how exposure to SARS‐Cov‐1, the first global pandemic in the 21st century, affects long‐term psychological well‐being. We find that exposure to local pandemic risk, that is, local deaths due to the pandemic, significantly reduced people's mental health 12 years later. Consistent with the belief‐based account of depression, exposure to pandemic risk resulted in more pessimistic beliefs about the future and survival probability. People reduced savings and increased hedonic consumption, suggesting a “ carpe diem ” effect of the pandemic exposure.