Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278978 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16280
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We estimate health associations across generations and dynasties using information on healthcare visits from administrative data for the entire Norwegian population. A parental mental health diagnosis is associated with a 9.3 percentage point (40%) higher probability of a mental health diagnosis of their adolescent child. Intensive margin physical and mental health associations are similar, and dynastic estimates account for about 40% of the intergenerational persistence. We also show that a policy targeting additional health resources for the young children of adults diagnosed with mental health conditions reduced the parent-child mental health association by about 40%.
Subjects: 
mental health
intergenerational persistence
dynastic effects
public policy
JEL: 
I14
I18
J12
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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