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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2022
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15260
Verlag: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
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.
Schlagwörter: 
representative longitudinal survey data
self-employment
gender
mental health
COVID-19
PHQ-4 score
resilience
JEL: 
L26
D31
I14
I18
J16
Dokumentart: 
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