Using fixed effects regressions, this study examined the transactional effects of different types of economic status on the physical and mental health of low‐income persons in Singapore. Among the economic variables considered, unemployment and arrears had the most significant effects. This signals the physical and psychological distress of being out of work and possessing arrears while income is low. The insignificant effects of poor health on household earnings suggest possible earnings supplementation by other household members. The findings imply the fruitfulness of dually improving employment prospects and health, work activation that takes into consideration mental health effects, increasing affordability of health services in liberal welfare systems, improving mental bandwidth through reducing arrears accounts, and short lag time from application to receipt of assistance. These implications point to a larger question on health and welfare systems in an increasingly uncertain economic environment for households in poverty.

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经济困境与健康：新加坡低收入人群的固定影响分析

本研究使用固定效应回归，研究了不同类型的经济状况对新加坡低收入人群的身心健康的交易影响。在考虑的经济变量中，失业和欠款影响最大。这表明在收入较低的时候，失业和拖欠会费会造成身心上的困扰。健康状况不佳对家庭收入的微不足道的影响表明其他家庭成员可能会增加收入。研究结果表明，双重改善就业前景和健康，考虑到心理健康影响的工作激活，在自由福利体系中增加医疗服务的可负担性，通过减少欠款账目来改善心理带宽，从申请到收到援助的时间都很短。这些隐含指向一个越来越大的问题，那就是在贫困家庭日益不确定的经济环境下，其健康和福利制度。