Time Use of Parents in the United States: What Difference Did the Great Recession Make?

The full scope of the impact of the Great Recession on individuals’ mental health has not been quantified to date. In this study we aimed to determine whether financial, job-related, and housing impacts experienced by individuals during the recession predicted changes in the occurrence of symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety, panic attacks, and problematic alcohol use or other substance use. Longitudinal survey data ( n = 2,530 to n = 3,293) from the national Midlife in the United States study that were collected before (2003–2004) and after (2012–2013) the Great Recession were analyzed. The population-level trend was toward improvements in mental health over time. However, for individuals, each recession impact experienced was associated with long-lasting and transdiagnostic declines in mental health. These relationships were stronger for some sociodemographic groups, which suggests the need for additional support for people who suffer marked losses during recessions and for those without a strong safety net.

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The Impact of Housing Prices on Health in the United States Before, During, and After the Great Recession

Southern Economic Journal ◽

10.1002/soej.12411 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 86 (3) ◽

pp. 910-940 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jaesang Sung ◽

Qihua Qiu

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Great Recession ◽

Housing Prices ◽

The United States ◽

The Great Recession ◽

The Impact

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Measuring the Trends in Inequality of Individuals and Families: Income and Consumption

The American Economic Review ◽

10.1257/aer.103.3.184 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 103 (3) ◽

pp. 184-188 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Jonathan D Fisher ◽

David S Johnson ◽

Timothy M Smeeding

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Income Inequality ◽

Great Recession ◽

The United States ◽

Disposable Income ◽

Consumer Expenditure ◽

Present Evidence ◽

The Great Recession

We present evidence on the level of and trend in inequality from 1985-2010 in the United States, using disposable income and consumption for a sample of individuals from the Consumer Expenditure (CE) Survey. Differing from the findings in other recent research, we find that the trends in income and consumption inequality are broadly similar between 1985 and 2006, but diverge during the Great Recession with consumption inequality decreasing and income inequality increasing. Given the differences in the trends in inequality in the last four years, using both income and consumption provides useful information.

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