Using Austrian and Danish administrative data, we examine the impacts of parenthood on mental health equality …. Parenthood imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers than on fathers. It creates a long-run gender gap in antidepressant … health are unlikely to reflect differential help-seeking behavior across the sexes or the biological effects of giving birth …

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 …

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 …

shocks are more mixed, and we find no effects on parents of children with health shocks. Lastly, we show that improvements in … market and mental health outcomes of individuals whose spouses or children experience health shocks. We use data from the …-study models to compare the differences in post-healthshock labor market and mental health outcomes between spouses and parents …

to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation in the details of these policies around the world …, both the implementation of new programs and extensions of existing ones increase leavetaking rates among new parents … introduction of short paid and unpaid leave programs can improve children's short- and long-term outcomes. Fourth, while more …

physical and mental health and subjective well-being. The reform extended paid leave for first-time mothers by six months to a …-term physical and mental health and subjective well-being. There is weak, but not robust, evidence for increased satisfaction with …