An Instrumental Variable Evaluation of Antidepressant Use on Employment Among HIV-Infected Women Using Highly-Active Antiretroviral Therapy in the United States: 1996-2004

Omar Galarraga, David Salkever (), Judith A. Cook and Stephen J. Gange

No 12619, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of antidepressant use on the likelihood of being employed among HIV-positive women receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the United States from 1994 to 2004. We use instrumental variables to predict antidepressant use independently of outcomes; thus, addressing potential sources of bias -- more depressed women are more likely to receive antidepressant treatment, but they are also more likely to be unemployed. The results show that antidepressant use has a positive effect on the employment probability of women living with HIV. The proposed instrumental variables can be used to identify antidepressant use in the WIHS population. Among women receiving HAART, and controlling for individual and local area labor market characteristics, the use of antidepressants is associated with a higher probability of being employed.

JEL-codes: I12 I18 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-10
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Published as Galarraga, Omar, David Salkever, Judith Cook, and Stephen Gange. "An Instrumental Variable Evaluation of Antidepressant Use on Employment Among HIV-Infected Women Using Highly-Active Antiretroviral Therapy in the United States: 1996-2004." Health Economics 19, 2 (February 2010): 173-188.

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