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

Franziska Valder
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Franziska Valder: Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

No 22-03, CEBI working paper series from University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Mental Health; Contraceptive Pill; Fertility; Labor Market Outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I0 J13 J16 J18 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49
Date: 2022-04-21
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