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Egg-Timer: Conservation and Environmental Exposure Location: D-106 Session Chair: Jaey Vallapurackal, Leipzig University | |
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Residential Greenness and Mental Health During COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Quebec 1: University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; 2: University of Sherbrooke, Canada; 3: University of Montreal, Canada This study examines whether exposure to residential greenness helped buffer the health impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns, using unique longitudinal survey data from Quebec collected between 2020 and 2022. We estimate two-way fixed-effects models that exploit within-individual variation in lockdown exposure over time and link respondents’ locations to a satellite-derived measure of local vegetation density. Lockdowns led to modest but statistically significant declines in mental health, concentrated among urban residents, while physical health was largely unaffected. These declines persisted after adjusting for regional COVID-19 dynamics and household-level economic stressors, suggesting a direct mental-health burden associated with mobility restrictions. We also find that greener residential environments were associated with smaller declines in mental health during lockdowns. Among urban respondents, the implied monetary cost of lockdown-related mental-health losses ranges from \$659 to \$1,034 per person, with exposure to residential greenness offsetting up to half of this loss. | |