The economics of gender and mental illness

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Marcotte, David E.
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2004.
• Σειρά: Research in human capital and development ; v. 15.
• Θέματα: Political Science > Labor & Industrial Relations.; Business & Economics > Management.; Labour economics.; Gender studies, gender groups.; Mentally ill > Employment.

While gender has so often been found to be an important determinant of prevalence and outcomes of mental illness, economists have rarely focused on gender differences as a central element of their analyses. In this volume, we direct the focus of research in the economics of mental health squarely on...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction / Dave E. Marcotte, Virginia Wilcox-Gök
• Gender differences in mental disorders in the U.S. national comorbidity survey / Ronald C. Kessler
• Early onset depression and high school dropout / Virginia Wilcox-Gök, Dave E. Marcotte, Farah Farahati, Carey Borkoski
• Gender differences in the labor market effects of serious mental illness / Pierre Kébreau Alexandre, Joseph Yvard Fede, Marsha Mullings
• Mental illness : gender differences with respect to marital status and labour market outcomes / Niels Westergaard-Nielsen, Esben Agerbo, Tor Eriksson, Preben Bo Mortensen
• Mental health and employment transitions / Carole Roan Gresenz, Roland Sturm
• Gender-specific patterns of employment and employment transitions for persons with schizophrenia : evidence from the schizophrenia care and assessment program (SCAP) / David S. Salkever, Eric P. Slade, Mustafa Karakus
• The role of gender in a company-wide effort to expand and destigmatize mental health treatment / Anthony T. Lo Sasso, Richard C. Lindrooth, Ithai Z. Lurie
• Getting men and women receiving depression-related short-term disability benefits back to work : where do we begin? / Carolyn S. Dewa, Jeffrey S. Hoch, Paula Goering
• Insurance status of depressed low-income women / Allison A. Roberts.