Bryan, Mark, Rice, Nigel orcid.org/0000-0003-0312-823X, Roberts, Jennifer et al. (1 more author) (2022) Mental health and employment:a bounding approach using panel data. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. ISSN 0305-9049
Abstract
The effect of mental health on employment is a key policy question, but reliable causal estimates are elusive. Exploiting panel data and extending recent techniques using selection on observables to provide information on selection along unobservables, we estimate that transitioning into poor mental health leads to a 1.6\% point reduction in the probability of employment; approximately 10% of the raw employment gap. Selection into mental health is almost entirely based on time-invariant characteristics, rendering fixed effects estimates unbiased in this context, meaning researchers no longer have to rely on the narrow local average treatment effects of most health/work IV studies.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2022 The Authors. |
Keywords: | Mental health, employment, fixed effects, Oster bounds, UKHLS |
Dates: |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Centre for Health Economics (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2022 17:20 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2025 00:10 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12489 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/obes.12489 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183717 |
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