Huato Julio, Chavez Aida
St. Francis College, New York, USA.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), New York, USA.
East Econ J. 2021;47(4):546-570. doi: 10.1057/s41302-021-00199-3. Epub 2021 Aug 30.
We use data from the Household Pulse Survey that the US Census Bureau conducted from April 2020 to February 2021 to estimate the probability of symptoms of anxiety and depression among adult Americans. Lack of viable instruments prevent ruling out exogeneity, but the magnitude and strength of association between mental disease and, both, 2019 household income and pandemic-related employment income loss warrant serious attention. Our results stress the importance of policy support to the socially vulnerable in an economic emergency, including cash transfers such as those offered by the 2020 CARES Act or the 2021 America Rescue Plan.
我们使用美国人口普查局在2020年4月至2021年2月期间进行的家庭脉搏调查数据，来估计成年美国人出现焦虑和抑郁症状的概率。缺乏可行的工具使得无法排除外生性，但精神疾病与2019年家庭收入以及与疫情相关的就业收入损失之间关联的程度和强度值得严重关注。我们的结果强调了在经济紧急情况下对社会弱势群体提供政策支持的重要性，包括现金转移，如2020年《新冠病毒援助、救济和经济安全法案》或2021年《美国救援计划》所提供的那些。
