Jace Clara E, Makridis Christos A
Department of Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Analysis at Samford University Fairfax Virginia USA.
W. P. Carey School of Business, ASU Tempe Arizona USA.
Soc Sci Q. 2021 Sep 7. doi: 10.1111/ssqu.13063.
Using weekly variation from April 23 to June 23 2020, we exploit the surge in unemployment over the coronavirus pandemic to identify the effects on mental health outcomes and the role of marital status as a protective factor for households. We find that married respondents are 1-2 percentage points less likely, relative to their unmarried counterparts, to experience mental health problems following declines in work-related income since the start of the pandemic. Our results suggest that the combination of intrafamily substitution and the psychological benefits of marriage helps insure against unanticipated fluctuations in job and income loss.
利用2020年4月23日至6月23日的周度变化，我们借助冠状病毒大流行期间失业率的激增，来确定其对心理健康结果的影响以及婚姻状况作为家庭保护因素的作用。我们发现，自疫情开始以来，相对于未婚受访者，已婚受访者在与工作相关的收入下降后出现心理健康问题的可能性要低1至2个百分点。我们的研究结果表明，家庭内部替代与婚姻带来的心理益处相结合，有助于抵御工作和收入损失的意外波动。
