School of Economics and Statistics, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Guangzhou Institute of International Finance, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Math Biosci Eng. 2023 Jan 6;20(3):5043-5065. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2023234.
The influence of residents' income on mental health is complex, and there are heterogeneous effects of residents' income on different types of mental health. Based on the annual panel data of 55 countries from 2007 to 2019, this paper divides residents' income into three dimensions: absolute income, relative income and income gap. Mental health is divided into three aspects: subjective well-being, prevalence of depression and prevalence of anxiety. Panel Tobit model is used to study the heterogeneous impact of residents' income on mental health. The results show that, on the one hand, different dimensions of residents' income have a heterogeneous impact on mental health, specifically, absolute income has a positive impact on mental health, while relative income and income gap have no significant impact on mental health. On the other hand, the impact of different dimensions of residents' income on different types of mental health is heterogeneous. Specifically, absolute income and income gap have heterogeneous effects on different types of mental health, while relative income has no significant impact on different types of mental health.
居民收入对心理健康的影响是复杂的,居民收入对不同类型的心理健康有不同的影响。基于 2007 年至 2019 年 55 个国家的年度面板数据,本文将居民收入分为绝对收入、相对收入和收入差距三个维度。心理健康分为主观幸福感、抑郁患病率和焦虑患病率三个方面。使用面板 Tobit 模型研究居民收入对心理健康的异质影响。结果表明,一方面,居民收入的不同维度对心理健康有不同的异质影响,具体而言,绝对收入对心理健康有正向影响,而相对收入和收入差距对心理健康没有显著影响。另一方面,居民收入的不同维度对不同类型的心理健康的影响是异质的。具体而言,绝对收入和收入差距对不同类型的心理健康有不同的影响,而相对收入对不同类型的心理健康没有显著影响。