Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health … status at any point in time, we do not recommend a general health-screening program. However, given that we found some …-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional …

This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these … health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach estimates a negative and …

Using Austrian and Danish administrative data, we examine the impacts of parenthood on mental health. Parenthood … imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers than on fathers. It creates a long-run gender gap in antidepressant … prescriptions of about 93.2% (Austria) and 64.8% (Denmark). These parenthood penalties in mental health are unlikely to reflect …

Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …