The effect of crime on mental health in South Africa

IF 2 4区经济学 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Review of Development Economics Pub Date : 2023-11-17 DOI:10.1111/rode.13074

Magda Tsaneva, Lauren-Kate LaPlante

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Abstract

This paper examines the impact of district-level crime rates in South Africa on individual depression symptoms. We use panel data from the National Income Dynamics Survey collected between 2008 and 2014 and estimate an individual fixed effects regression model, thus controlling for characteristics of the individual's environment that could affect crime and mental health. We find that an increase of one standard deviation in property (violent) crime is associated with a 7.2 (8.7) percentage point increase in the probability of depression symptoms. Analysis of potential mechanisms suggests that indirect exposure to crime likely affects mental health by increasing stress rather than by changing physical health or labor market outcomes.

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犯罪对南非心理健康的影响

本文考察了南非地区犯罪率对个体抑郁症状的影响。我们使用了2008年至2014年间收集的国民收入动态调查的面板数据，并估计了个人固定效应回归模型，从而控制了可能影响犯罪和心理健康的个人环境特征。我们发现，财产(暴力)犯罪每增加一个标准差，出现抑郁症状的概率就会增加7.2(8.7)个百分点。对潜在机制的分析表明，间接接触犯罪可能通过增加压力而不是通过改变身体健康或劳动力市场结果来影响心理健康。

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Review of Development Economics Multiple-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

6.20%

发文量

109

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