Maternal Mental Health Responses to COVID-19 Shocks and Uncertainty in Rural Pakistan

Michelle Escobar Carias, Victoria Baranov, Joanna Maselko, Pietro Biroli and Sonia Bhalotra

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, vol. 114, 407-11

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the association between a battery of mental health measures and experienced morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19, worry about disease risk, experienced economic shocks, and economic uncertainty about the future. We find that an environment of heightened economic uncertainty might impact mental health above and beyond the effects of realized shocks. A 1 standard deviation increase in economic uncertainty is associated with a 0.223 standard deviation decrease in mental health. This association is strongest among women who were depressed at baseline. We also find that current uncertainty is associated with future economic shocks.

JEL-codes: I12 J16 O15 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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