Citation

Solomon KT, Dasgupta K. J. Health Econ. 2022; 86: 102675.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102675

PMID

36088863

Abstract

We examine the effect of the state-level full parity mental illness law implementation on mental illness among college-aged individuals and human capital accumulation in college. We utilize administrative data on completed suicides and grade point average (GPA) and survey data on reported mental illness days and decisions to disenroll from college between 1998 and 2008 in a difference-in-differences (DD) analysis to uncover the causal effects of state-level parity laws. We find that state-level parity law reduces youth suicide rate and propensity to report any poor mental health day, increases college GPA, and does not change the propensity to disenroll from college.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; United States; Education; Adolescent; Young Adult; Mental Health; Mental health; *Suicide; *Mental Disorders; *Mental Health Services; Insurance, Health; Insurance Coverage; Insurance regulation; Insurance, Psychiatric; Parity laws; Spillovers