Heterogeneity and the effect of mental health parity mandates on the labor market
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Martin S. Andersen, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Health insurance benefit mandates are believed to have adverse effects on the labor market, but efforts to document such effects for mental health parity mandates have had limited success. I show that one reason for this failure is that the association between parity mandates and labor market outcomes vary with mental distress. Accounting for this heterogeneity, I find adverse labor market effects for non-distressed individuals, but favorable effects for moderately distressed individuals and individuals with a moderately distressed family member. On net, I conclude that the mandates are welfare increasing for moderately distressed workers and their families, but may be welfare decreasing for non-distressed individuals.
Heterogeneity and the effect of mental health parity mandates on the labor market
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Health Economics, 43
- Language: English
- Date: 2015
- Keywords
- mental health, benefit mandates, insurance, labor supply