Pandemic Depression: COVID-19 and the Mental Health of the Self-Employed: ET&P
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
; 47(3):788-830, 2023.
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in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2292837
ABSTRACT
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.
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Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
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2023
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