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This study illustrates the loss of life satisfaction, and with it the psychological costs of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lock-down measures taken, for self-employed and women. Building on the data collected by Windsteiger et al. (2020) and their internet interviews at the peak of lockdown measures, and looking at specifi c population subgroups, this essay illustrates that many solo self-employed and women report a signifi cant decline in life satisfaction, and that these effects are strongest where solo self-employment coincides with economic losses and childcare responsibilities for women with children of dependent ag
