The long-run effect of maternity leave benefits on mental health: Evidence from European countries
The long-run effect of maternity leave benefits on mental health: Evidence from European countries
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.037
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发表时间：
2015-05-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Pasini, Giacomo
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作者：
Avendano, Mauricio;Berkman, Lisa F.;Pasini, Giacomo
本文探讨了产假政策是否对老年妇女的心理健康产生影响。我们将欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查（SHARE）中各国50岁及以上妇女的数据与1960年以来产假立法的数据联系起来。我们采用差异中的差异方法，利用各国产假福利的持续时间和补偿随时间的变化，与妇女在16至25岁生育第一个孩子的年份有关。我们比较了在第一个孩子出生前后就业的母亲的晚年抑郁症状评分（用12项版本的Euro-D量表测量），以及在第一个孩子出生前后没有就业的母亲的抑郁评分，因此没有直接受益于产假福利。我们的研究结果表明，在第一个孩子出生期间更慷慨的产假与老年人欧洲D抑郁症状量表评分降低0.38分相关。皇冠版权所有（c）2015由爱思唯尔有限公司出版。保留所有权利。
This paper examines whether maternity leave policies have an effect on women's mental health in older age. We link data for women aged 50 years and above from countries in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to data on maternity leave legislation from 1960 onwards. We use a difference-in-differences approach that exploits changes over time within countries in the duration and compensation of maternity leave benefits, linked to the year women were giving birth to their first child at age 16 to 25. We compare late-life depressive symptom scores (measured with a 12-item version of the Euro-D scale) of mothers who were in employment in the period around the birth of their first child to depression scores of mothers who were not in employment in the period surrounding the birth of a first child, and therefore did not benefit directly from maternity leave benefits. Our findings suggest that a more generous maternity leave during the birth of a first child is associated with a reduced score of 0.38 points in the Euro-D depressive symptom scale in old age. Crown Copyright (c) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.