In a blogpost of Economisch Statistische Berichten, Associate Professor of Health Economics Teresa Bago d’Uva, Professor of Applied Economics with focus on Health and Labour Pilar Garcia Gomez and PhD candidate Vahid Moghani elaborate on their findings about student wellbeing.
One in every two individuals around the globe experience a mental health problem at least once in life (OECD, 2021) and each year this occurs among one in five individuals (OECD, 2018). Among (Dutch) university students these problems are prevalent and have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this blog, we also show that prevalence is higher among disadvantaged groups, and that inequalities have widened during the pandemic. We call for policy action to tackle these problems and provide suggestions.
If you are interested to read more, you can read the full blogpost on ESB here.
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