The impact of economic shocks on mental health and wellbeing around the world

经济冲击对世界各地心理健康和福祉的影响

• 批准号: 2058279
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2058279
• 关键词: impact; economic; shocks; mental; health

My research falls under the scope of health economics, which is reflected by the joint supervision of my PhD between the Economics Department and Health Economics Unit. I am focusing particularly on mental health and wellbeing. I am interested in this area for several reasons. Firstly, mental health is an aspect of health that, relative to physical health, has been neglected in the past. It has, however, become increasingly apparent that mental health is just as important to our wellbeing as physical health. Furthermore, the majority of mental health problems begin in young adult life - i.e. my fellow cohort of the population. I personally know several people who have been affected by mental health problems, and this too serves as motivation for my research.Specifically, my research will investigate the impact of economic shocks on mental health and wellbeing across the world. In order to do this, I will analyse six longitudinal datasets, covering various economic shocks including the mass privatisations of China between 1995-97 and Russia in the nineties, as well as the global financial crisis of 2008. My analysis will use econometric techniques that allow for causal inferences to made between these economic shocks and their negative impact mental health and wellbeing. I will also seek to establish whether there are certain groups within societies who are particularly susceptible to the negative effects identified. Furthermore, I will identify factors that could protect the population against the most harmful effects of these shocks, which in turn will allow me to explore whether there are social policies that can be implemented to mitigate such effects. Ultimately, by using evidence from a breadth of countries that vary in both their social and economic development, the results of this project will provide valuable insights for policymakers around the world.

我的研究属于卫生经济学的范畴，这体现在我的博士学位是由经济系和卫生经济学单位共同指导的。我特别关注心理健康和幸福。我对这个领域感兴趣有几个原因。首先，心理健康是健康的一个方面，相对于身体健康，过去一直被忽视。然而，越来越明显的是，心理健康和身体健康对我们的幸福同样重要。此外，大多数心理健康问题开始于青年时期——即我的同龄人。我个人认识几个受到心理健康问题影响的人，这也是我研究的动力。具体来说，我的研究将调查经济冲击对世界各地心理健康和福祉的影响。为了做到这一点，我将分析六个纵向数据集，涵盖各种经济冲击，包括1995- 1997年间中国的大规模私有化和90年代俄罗斯的大规模私有化，以及2008年的全球金融危机。我的分析将使用计量经济学技术，允许在这些经济冲击及其对心理健康和福祉的负面影响之间进行因果推断。我还将设法确定社会中是否有某些群体特别容易受到所确定的负面影响的影响。此外，我将确定能够保护人们免受这些冲击最有害影响的因素，这反过来又将使我能够探索是否可以实施社会政策来减轻这种影响。最终，通过使用来自社会和经济发展各不相同的广泛国家的证据，本项目的结果将为世界各地的决策者提供宝贵的见解。