Etheridge, Benedict and Spantig, Lisa (2022) The Gender Gap in Mental Well-Being At the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the UK. European Economic Review, 145. p. 104114. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2022.104114
Etheridge, Benedict and Spantig, Lisa (2022) The Gender Gap in Mental Well-Being At the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the UK. European Economic Review, 145. p. 104114. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2022.104114
Etheridge, Benedict and Spantig, Lisa (2022) The Gender Gap in Mental Well-Being At the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the UK. European Economic Review, 145. p. 104114. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2022.104114
Abstract
We assess the decline in mental health after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. This decline was more than twice as large for women as for men. We seek to explain this gender gap by exploring gender differences in: family and caring responsibilities; financial and work situation; social engagement; health situation, and health behaviours, including exercise. We assess their quantitative relevance by applying standard decomposition methods. We find that compositional differences in family and caring responsibilities explain part of the gender gap, but more important are gender differences in social factors, particularly changes in loneliness. We explore this result further by analysing gender differences in personality traits. Even after controlling for all factors there remains a noticeable age–gender gradient, with young females suffering particularly badly.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mental well-being; Mental health; Gender; Covid-19 |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2022 12:42 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 16:30 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/32580 |
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