State minimum wage and mental health in the United States: 2011–2019

Consistent with a rise in “deaths of despair” (drug overdose, alcoholism, and suicide), the percentage of Americans reporting major mental and emotional problems in all 30 of the last 30 days has been increasing. Based on the hypothesis that this rise in extreme levels of distress is driven partly b...

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Autor principal:	Masanori Kuroki
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	I10 I31 J38 Mental healing RZ400-408 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8f1f39c1c39445feac21a4c034c3adc52021-11-18T04:52:21ZState minimum wage and mental health in the United States: 2011–20192666-560310.1016/j.ssmmh.2021.100040https://doaj.org/article/8f1f39c1c39445feac21a4c034c3adc52021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560321000402https://doaj.org/toc/2666-5603Consistent with a rise in “deaths of despair” (drug overdose, alcoholism, and suicide), the percentage of Americans reporting major mental and emotional problems in all 30 of the last 30 days has been increasing. Based on the hypothesis that this rise in extreme levels of distress is driven partly by financial hardships, this study investigates whether higher state minimum wages reduce the likelihood of extreme levels of distress among low-income, prime-age Americans with no postsecondary education. By matching state minimum wages with individual-level data from the 2011–2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, this study finds that a ten percent increase in the minimum wage is associated with a 0.4–0.5 percentage-point decline in the likelihood of extreme distress. The finding is consistent with the notion that growing extreme distress is attributable to despair driven by economic hardships and financial strain.Masanori KurokiElsevierarticleI10I31J38Mental healingRZ400-408Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENSSM - Mental Health, Vol 1, Iss , Pp 100040- (2021)
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description	Consistent with a rise in “deaths of despair” (drug overdose, alcoholism, and suicide), the percentage of Americans reporting major mental and emotional problems in all 30 of the last 30 days has been increasing. Based on the hypothesis that this rise in extreme levels of distress is driven partly by financial hardships, this study investigates whether higher state minimum wages reduce the likelihood of extreme levels of distress among low-income, prime-age Americans with no postsecondary education. By matching state minimum wages with individual-level data from the 2011–2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, this study finds that a ten percent increase in the minimum wage is associated with a 0.4–0.5 percentage-point decline in the likelihood of extreme distress. The finding is consistent with the notion that growing extreme distress is attributable to despair driven by economic hardships and financial strain.
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title	State minimum wage and mental health in the United States: 2011–2019
title_short	State minimum wage and mental health in the United States: 2011–2019
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State minimum wage and mental health in the United States: 2011–2019

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