Using a sample of 18,201 observations of working age respondents drawn from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 1996–2018, this research examined the labor supply effects for younger family members of living with older persons needing assistance with activities of daily living. We report the...

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.

Objective: In this research we use data from the National Comorbidity Survey to examine the effects of affective mental disorders on the income and employment of women and men. We consider separately the effects of three major categories of affective illness: depression, bi-polar illnesses, and...