We use unconditional quantile regressions for panel data to capture the various effects of maternal depression along the actual distribution of children’s cognitive test scores. Children falling in the middle of the test score distribution are most impacted.

Substantial attention has recently been focused on both the prevalence and consequences of mental illness. Generally, public interest in the costs of mental illness has been limited to the direct costs of treating the mentally ill. In this paper, we consider the magnitude and importance of a...

The research reported in this paper examines the decision to have private health insurance by elderly Medicare enrollees. Models allowing both stimultaneity and a joint error structure between health insurance and use of medical care are considered. We find that common unobserved variables...