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Self-Reported Mental Health and the Demand for Mental Health Care After a Labor Market Shock: Evidence from the Spanish Great Recession.
Polo-Muro, Eduardo Ignacio.
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  • Polo-Muro EI; University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain.
Forum Health Econ Policy ; 26(2): 17-40, 2023 12 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37786960
ABSTRACT
This research examines the mental health inequalities between employed and unemployed individuals among the fluctuations over the business cycle. To analyze whether a recession affects self-evaluated mental health and consequently increases the demand for mental health care, I exploit the sudden increase of the unemployment rate in Spain during the period 2007-2009. First, I analyze the impairment of self-evaluated mental health as a consequence of the Great Recession and if it prevails during the economic recovery. In addition, I estimate if the effect on self-reported mental health is reflected in demand for mental health care. The results from an event study design show that the economic downturn increases the differences between employed and unemployed individuals in self-evaluated mental health. However, and despite the continuous improvement in unemployment, the mental health gap remained unchanged between 2014 and 2017, which could imply the persistence of some lasting impacts of the Great Recession on mental health. Nonetheless, I find a reduction in the differences of using drugs related to mental health during the period 2011-2012, when I estimate the largest inequalities in self-evaluated mental health.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Desemprego / Saúde Mental Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Desemprego / Saúde Mental Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article