Employment changes during the COVID-19-pandemic and mental health: Evidence from a longitudinal study

Bjørn-Atle Reme, Jonathan Wörn and Vegard Skirbekk

No 4nu7c, OSF Preprints from Center for Open Science

Abstract: We report on how changes in employment during the COVID-19 pandemic affected mental health using a large Norwegian longitudinal study. In addition to showing a modest increase in symptoms of depression in the full sample, we find a substantially stronger increase in depressive symptoms among those experiencing job loss. We also present evidence on the heterogeneity of the effect across socioeconomic status, and find that while the highest educated men had the lowest risk of job loss, highly educated women experienced the strongest deterioration of mental health following job loss. Last, we investigate the mechanism and find suggestive evidence that economic worries play an important role.

Date: 2021-09-14
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DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/4nu7c

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