Pandemic Depression: COVID-19 and the Mental Health of the Self-Employed

IF 7.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2022-06-08 DOI:10.1177/10422587221102106

Marco Caliendo, D. Graeber, A. Kritikos, Johannes Seebauer

引用次数: 8

Abstract

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people’s mental health. Using representative longitudinal survey data from Germany, we reveal differential effects by gender: whereas self-employed women experienced a substantial deterioration in their mental health, self-employed men displayed no significant changes up to early 2021. Financial losses are important in explaining these differences. In addition, we find larger mental health responses among self-employed women who were directly affected by government-imposed restrictions and bore an increased childcare burden due to school and daycare closures. We also find that self-employed individuals who are more resilient coped better with the crisis.

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大流行性抑郁症:COVID-19和个体经营者的心理健康

目的探讨新冠肺炎疫情对个体经营者心理健康的影响。利用来自德国的代表性纵向调查数据，我们揭示了性别的差异影响:自雇女性的心理健康状况大幅恶化，而自雇男性在2021年初之前没有出现显著变化。经济损失是解释这些差异的重要因素。此外，我们发现自雇妇女的心理健康反应更大，她们直接受到政府施加的限制的影响，并且由于学校和日托中心的关闭而承担了更多的儿童保育负担。我们还发现，弹性更强的个体经营者能更好地应对危机。

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Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice BUSINESS-

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19.00

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12.40%

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