TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Chan, Ho Fai
AU  - Cheng, Zhiming
AU  - Mendolia, Silvia
AU  - Paloyo, Alfredo R.
AU  - Tani, Massimiliano
AU  - Proulx, Damon
AU  - Savage, David
AU  - Torgler, Benno
        TI  - Societal Movement Restrictions and Adverse Mental Health Outcomes
        PY  - 2022/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15111
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15111
        AB  - During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have struggled to find the right balance between restrictive measures to contain the spread of the virus, and the effects of these measures on people's psychological wellbeing. This paper investigates the relationship between limitations to mobility and mental health for British population during the COVID-19 pandemic, combining the use of high frequency mobility data from Google and longitudinal monthly data collected during the pandemic. We show that more time spent at home predicts a worsening of mental wellbeing even when we account for the prevalence of COVID-19 in the region and the general stringency of the lockdown. There is some heterogeneity in these effects, with young healthy people, living alone, with an active working life, showing particularly high levels of distress.
        KW  - stay-at-home lockdowns
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - mental health
KW  - human movement
KW  - mobility restriction
        ER  -