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Gender Differences in the Influence of Mental Health on Job Retention
Author(s) -
Barnay Thomas,
Defebvre Éric
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/labr.12154
Subject(s) - endogeneity , mental health , anxiety , affect (linguistics) , multivariate probit model , psychology , bivariate analysis , clinical psychology , psychiatry , economics , econometrics , statistics , mathematics , communication
We measure gender differences in the causal impact of the 2006 self‐assessed mental health status (anxiety disorders and depressive episodes) on job retention in 2010. We use data from the French Health and Professional Career Path survey. To control for endogeneity biases, we use bivariate probit models to simultaneously explain employment status and mental health. Anxiety disorders reduce men's job retention capacity by up to 12 percentage points (pp). Depressive episodes affect both genders almost equally (around 11 pp). More severe cases of both mental health conditions are relevant in determining the capacity of individuals to remain in employment.