The Mental Cost of Job Loss: Assessing the Impact on Young Adults in Vietnam

This study shows that job loss significantly increases levels of anxiety, but not depression.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 9 November 2022

• Country: Vietnam
• Document Type: Working Paper
• Theme: Health
• First published: 1 August 2022
• Authors: Freund R., Fvara, M, Porter, C, Scott, D and Le Thuc, D

Abstract

We exploit the extensive job loss associated with the devastating fourth wave of COVID-19 in Vietnam to examine the impact of unemployment on young people바카라 사이트檚 experiences of anxiety and depression. Using data from a longitudinal study with individual and survey-wave fixed effects, we show that job loss significantly increases levels of anxiety, but not depression. Perceived financial strain and food insecurity explain up to 22% of the estimated increase in anxiety. Our results support expanding mental health programmes to explicitly target young adults who have lost their job.

This is an output of the Young Lives at Work programme

Citation

Freund R., M. Fvara, C. Porter, D Scott, D Le Thuc (2022) 바카라 사이트淭he Mental Cost of Job Loss: Assessing the Impact on Young Adults in Vietnam바카라 사이트� IZA Discussion paper 15522, August 2022, https://docs.iza.org/dp15522.pdf

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Published 9 November 2022