Self-assessed health (SAH) is a frequently used measure of individuals’ health status. It is also prone to reporting … heterogeneity. To control for reporting heterogeneity valid measures of the objective health status are needed. The topic becomes … SAH in an international context. To this end, country specific effects are accounted for and the objective health measure …

The prevalence of mental ill-health is increasing among young people in many developed countries, raising concerns … study the effect of introducing earlier grades in compulsory school on child mental health in Sweden. To do so, we exploit a …

This study examines whether an association exists between parental unemployment and health-related quality of life and … mental health for adolescents aged 15-18 in Athens, Greece. The gathered dataset covers the same upper high schools in two … periods, 2011-2013 and 2017-2019. The study finds that parental unemployment bears an association with decreased health …

Based on comprehensive administrative health record data from Austria, this study examines how children's mental health … responds to a severe parental health shock. To account for the endogeneity of a serious parental illness, our sample is … restricted to children who experience the health shock of a parent at some point in time and we exploit the timing of shocks in a …

How do parents contend with threats to the health and survival of their children? Can the social safety net mitigate …' preferences to personally provide care for their children during the critical years following a severe health shock drive changes … in labor supply and income. Mental health and fertility effects are also observed but are likely not mediators for …

How do parents contend with threats to the health and survival of their children? Can the social safety net mitigate …' preferences to personally provide care for their children during the critical years following a severe health shock drive changes … in labor supply and income. Mental health and fertility effects are also observed but are likely not mediators for …

How do parents contend with threats to the health and survival of their children? Can the social safety net mitigate …' preferences to personally provide care for their children during the critical years following a severe health shock drive changes … in labor supply and income. Mental health and fertility effects are also observed but are likely not mediators for …

parental childcare time, worsens mental health, and contributes to an increase in one-parent households. …

, experiencing long-term health problems, being bullied at school and being beaten or punched as a child all have long-term impacts … aspects of everyday life, happiness and life satisfaction, self-assessed health, and are positively linked to measures of …

This paper combines German claims and survey data to provide a comprehensive picture of the health dynamics surrounding … the transition into motherhood. Event-study estimates reveal good mental health around birth, but declines afterward, as …