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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 181-194 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | SSM - Population Health |
| Volume | 6 |
| Early online date | 15 Sep 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2018 |
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Keywords
- economic insecurity
- mental health
- socioeconomic determinants of health
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Economic Insecurity : a Socioeconomic Determinant of Mental Health. / Kopasker, Daniel (Corresponding Author); Montagna, Catia; Bender, Keith.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic Insecurity
T2 - a Socioeconomic Determinant of Mental Health
AU - Kopasker, Daniel
AU - Montagna, Catia
AU - Bender, Keith
N1 - The authors thank the anonymous referees of this journal, Paul Allanson, Nicholas Rohde, and participants at the IARIW 34th General Conference for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council [ES/J500136].
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Economic insecurity is an emerging topic that is increasingly relevant to the labour markets of developed economies. This paper uses data from the British Household Panel Survey to assess the causal effect of various aspects of economic insecurity on mental health in the UK. The results support the idea that economic insecurity is an emerging socioeconomic determinant of mental health, although the size of the effect varies across measures of insecurity. In particular, perceived future risks are more damaging to mental health than realised volatility, insecurity is more damaging for men, and the negative effect of insecurity is constant throughout the income distribution. Importantly, these changes in mental health are experienced without future unemployment necessarily occurring.
AB - Economic insecurity is an emerging topic that is increasingly relevant to the labour markets of developed economies. This paper uses data from the British Household Panel Survey to assess the causal effect of various aspects of economic insecurity on mental health in the UK. The results support the idea that economic insecurity is an emerging socioeconomic determinant of mental health, although the size of the effect varies across measures of insecurity. In particular, perceived future risks are more damaging to mental health than realised volatility, insecurity is more damaging for men, and the negative effect of insecurity is constant throughout the income distribution. Importantly, these changes in mental health are experienced without future unemployment necessarily occurring.
KW - economic insecurity
KW - mental health
KW - socioeconomic determinants of health
U2 - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.09.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.09.006
M3 - Article
VL - 6
SP - 181
EP - 194
JO - SSM - Population Health
JF - SSM - Population Health
SN - 2352-8273
ER -