Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/325056 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17998
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the impact of two major family policies on maternal health, using rich claims data from the German Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database (GePaRD). We report a significant short-term impact of childcare on diagnosed respiratory diseases and heterogeneous effects on mental health. Childcare tends to reduce diagnoses of mental disorders and the use of psychotherapy among mothers with a history of mental disorders before childbirth, those with a strong attachment to the labor market and those who live in counties with low childcare provision. Conversely, low-educated mothers exhibit short-term increases in mental disorders and antidepressant use. Parental benefits alter the timing of respiratory diseases and slightly reduce mental disorders and their treatments in the first year after childbirth.
Subjects: 
family policies
maternal health
claims data
JEL: 
I12
I18
J13
J18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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