Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/228738 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 768
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Does the COVID-19 pandemic cause people unhappy? In this study, we use a recent survey from China, Japan, South Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States to explore this question. We find a relatively large effect: a one per-mille point increase in the incidence of the COVID-19 cases increases the probability of unhappiness by 0.002. Possibly channels through which the COVID-19 pandemic causes unhappiness are negative effects on economic outcomes and social interactions of people. We also find that more disadvantaged people including poor, rural, female and older people are more likely to be affected by the pandemic.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
happiness
life satisfaction
income loss
job loss
JEL: 
I30
J18
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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