Sleeplessness in COVID-19 pandemic: Lockdown and anxiety
Gaowen Kong,
Dongmin Kong and
Lu Shi
Journal of Asian Economics, 2022, vol. 80, issue C
Abstract:
This paper investigates the sleeplessness in Chinese cities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We provide first evidence of a link from daily COVID-19 cases resulting in sleep loss in a panel of Chinese cities. We use Wuhan, which was the first city to be completely locked down, as basis to present the result that sleeplessness has become a considerably serious issue owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. In using the intervention policy of various cities as exogenous shocks, we find that lockdown policies significantly increase the sleeplessness level of Chinese cities. In addition, the severity of COVID-19 pandemic significantly exacerbates the negative effect of lockdown policies on sleep quality in the city. Overall, this study indicates that policy makers should pay more attention to public mental health when citizens recover from COIVD-19 by investigating the unintended consequences of COVID-19 on sleeplessness level of cities.
Keywords: COVID-19; Sleeplessness; Lockdown; Baidu search index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2022.101460
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