The Oral Contraceptive Pill and Adolescents' Mental Health

Ana Costa-Ramon, Meltem Daysal and Rodríguez-González, Ana
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ana Rodríguez-González

No 18269, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: What is the impact of the oral contraceptive pill on the mental health of adolescent girls? Using administrative data from Denmark and exploiting the variation in the timing of pill initiation in an event study design, we find that the likelihood of a depression diagnosis and antidepressant use increases shortly after pill initiation. We then uncover substantial variation in primary care providers' tendency to prescribe the pill to adolescents, unrelated to patient characteristics. Being assigned to a high prescribing physician strongly predicts pill use by age 16 and leads to worse mental health outcomes between ages 16-18.

Keywords: Contraceptive; pill (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-07
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