Healthy mind in healthy body: Identifying the causal effect of mental health on physical health

被引：11
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作者：
Yang, Liyuan [1 ,2 ]
Zikos, Vasileios [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chulalongkorn Univ, Fac Econ, 254 Phayathai Rd, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
[2] Inner Mongolia Med Univ, Sch Hlth Management, Hohhot 010110, Peoples R China
来源：
ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2022年 / 213卷
关键词：
Mental health; Physical health; Panel data; HILDA; STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; BASE-LINE; POPULATION; ADAPTATION;
D O I：
10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110358
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This paper examines whether mental health has a causal impact on physical health. Allowing for individual-level fixed effects, our study aims to overcome some of the main technical difficulties encountered in the literature: two-way causality, unobservable confounders, and measurement error. For identification we implement an instrumental variable approach that exploits the recent death of a close friend as a source of exogenous variation in mental health. Using large-scale panel data from Australia, we find robust evidence that mental health has a positive, causal effect on physical health. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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