Abstract The lockdown measures that were implemented in the spring of 2020 to stop the spread of Covid‐19 are having a huge impact on economies in the UK and around the world. In addition to the direct impact of Covid‐19 on health, the following recession will have an impact on people's health outcomes. This paper reviews economic literature on the longer run health impacts of business cycle fluctuations and recessions. Previous studies show that an economic downturn, which affects people through increased unemployment, lower incomes and increased uncertainty, will have significant consequences on people's health outcomes both in the short and longer term. The health effects caused by these adverse macroeconomic conditions will be complex, and will differ across generations, regions and socioeconomic groups. Groups that are vulnerable to poor health are likely to be hit hardest even if the crisis hit all individuals equally, and we already see that some groups such as young workers and women are worse hit by the recession than others. Government policies during and after the pandemic will play an important role in determining the eventual health consequences. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

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经济衰退与健康：应对冠状病毒的长期健康后果

摘要 2020 年春季为阻止 Covid-19 传播而实施的封锁措施对英国和世界各地的经济产生了巨大影响。除了 Covid-19 对健康的直接影响外，接下来的经济衰退还将对人们的健康结果产生影响。本文回顾了有关商业周期波动和衰退对健康的长期影响的经济文献。先前的研究表明，通过增加失业率、降低收入和增加不确定性来影响人们的经济衰退将在短期和长期内对人们的健康结果产生重大影响。这些不利的宏观经济条件造成的健康影响将是复杂的，并且会因世代、地区和社会经济群体而异。即使危机平等地打击了所有人，易受健康不佳影响的群体也可能受到最严重的打击，而且我们已经看到，年轻工人和妇女等一些群体在经济衰退中受到的打击比其他群体更严重。大流行期间和之后的政府政策将在确定最终的健康后果方面发挥重要作用。本文受版权保护。版权所有