Kong Gaowen, Kong Dongmin, Shi Lu
School of Management, Guangzhou University, China.
School of Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.
J Asian Econ. 2022 Jun;80:101460. doi: 10.1016/j.asieco.2022.101460. Epub 2022 Mar 7.
This paper investigates the sleeplessness in Chinese cities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We provide first evidence of a link from daily COVID-19 cases resulting in sleep loss in a panel of Chinese cities. We use Wuhan, which was the first city to be completely locked down, as basis to present the result that sleeplessness has become a considerably serious issue owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. In using the intervention policy of various cities as exogenous shocks, we find that lockdown policies significantly increase the sleeplessness level of Chinese cities. In addition, the severity of COVID-19 pandemic significantly exacerbates the negative effect of lockdown policies on sleep quality in the city. Overall, this study indicates that policy makers should pay more attention to public mental health when citizens recover from COIVD-19 by investigating the unintended consequences of COVID-19 on sleeplessness level of cities.
本文调查了2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间中国城市的失眠情况。我们首次提供了证据，证明在中国城市样本中，每日新增COVID-19病例与睡眠不足之间存在联系。我们以首个实施全面封锁的城市武汉为基础，呈现了因COVID-19大流行导致失眠已成为一个相当严重问题的结果。在将各城市的干预政策作为外生冲击进行研究时，我们发现封锁政策显著提高了中国城市的失眠水平。此外，COVID-19大流行的严重程度显著加剧了封锁政策对城市睡眠质量的负面影响。总体而言，本研究表明，政策制定者在民众从COVID-19中康复时，应通过调查COVID-19对城市失眠水平的意外影响，更加关注公众心理健康。
