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Two sides of the same pill? Fertility control and mental health effects of the contraceptive pill

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  • Franziska Valder

    (Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen)

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I investigate the link between access to the contraceptive pill, mental health, and labor market outcomes. While liberalizing labor market effects of access to the pill are well established, a medical literature suggests a link between hormonal contraception and depression. Exploiting variation in access to the pill, I document substantial mental health effects of the pill. These mental health effects counteract the fertility control effect of the pill on labor market outcomes and are associated with limitations at work and more disability periods. The analysis also shows that the fertility control effect of the pill is larger than previously estimated.

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  • Franziska Valder, 2022. "Two sides of the same pill? Fertility control and mental health effects of the contraceptive pill," CEBI working paper series 22-03, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI).
    • Handle: RePEc:kud:kucebi:2203
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    1. Costa-Ramón, Ana & Daysal, N. Meltem & Rodríguez-González, Ana, 2023. "The Oral Contraceptive Pill and Adolescents' Mental Health," IZA Discussion Papers 16288, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    Keywords

    Mental Health; Contraceptive Pill; Fertility; Labor Market Outcomes;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General

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