The Impact of Psychiatric Disorders on Labor Market Outcomes

INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW, Oct. 1997

Posted: 3 Sep 1997

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Susan L. Ettner

Harvard University - Harvard Medical School

Richard G. Frank

Harvard Medical School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Ronald C. Kessler

Harvard Medical School

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Abstract

Analyzing data on 2,225 men and 2,401 women from the National Comorbidity Survey, the authors examine the impact of psychiatric disorders on employment and, among those employed, work hours and income. They find that psychiatric disorders significantly reduced employment among both men and women. They also find evidence of small reductions in the conditional work hours of men and a substantial drop in the conditional income of men and women, although these findings are somewhat sensitive to the estimation methods and specification of the model.

JEL Classification: I19, J22, J24, J40

Suggested Citation

Ettner, Susan L. and Frank, Richard G. and Kessler, Ronald C., The Impact of Psychiatric Disorders on Labor Market Outcomes. INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW, Oct. 1997, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=10761

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