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  • Health Policy

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the mental health and economic security of racial and ethnic minorities.
  • Existing state-level social policies may play a role in mitigating these pandemic-related impacts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the downstream mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • To investigate how these effects vary by race and ethnicity.
  • To assess the role of state social policies in softening the pandemic's impact.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a large-scale online survey (nearly one million respondents) from the Census Bureau (April-July 2020).
  • Inclusion of measures for psychological distress and pandemic experiences.
  • Integration of state-level data on COVID-19 cases, lockdowns, unemployment, and safety net policies.

Main Results:

  • Significant mental stress was observed across all respondents, with a notable gap between nonwhite and white individuals.
  • Adjusting for pandemic experiences eliminated the racial gap in mental stress.
  • State policies like unemployment benefits and Medicaid expansion partially offset the mental health impact of job loss, with similar effects across racial groups.

Conclusions:

  • Racialized impacts of the pandemic are amplified by structural racism embedded in state policies.
  • Harmonizing state policies towards more generous safety nets could diminish pandemic-induced inequalities.