Table 5

Robustness Results: First Stage, Antidepressant Use and Mother’s Labor Market Outcomes

Antidepressant UseMother Positive Income
Month 1–10Month 11–20Month 21–30Y1Y2Y3
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
Panel A1: OLS—Postal Codes with 3 or Fewer GP Practices
AD 1–10 mo. after birth0.577**0.388**–0.090**–0.098**–0.101**
(0.006)(0.006)(0.005)(0.005)(0.005)
Panel A2: 2SLS—Postal Codes with 3 or Fewer GP Practices
New patients aged 46–650.265**
(0.059)
AD 1–10 mos after birth0.694**0.712**–0.5010.1220.204
(0.192)(0.216)(0.325)(0.364)(0.351)
Weak IV 95% AR confidence set[0.296; 1.093][0.306; 1.247][−1.241; 0.110][−0.563; 0.950][−0.457; 1.003]
Mean outcome0.0250.0280.0300.9110.9070.901
F-statistic first stage20.2920.2920.2920.2920.2920.29
Observations275,160275,160275,160275,160275,160275,160
Panel B1: OLS—Rural Areas
AD 1–10 mo. after birth0.565**0.381**–0.067**–0.073**–0.089**
(0.010)(0.009)(0.007)(0.007)(0.007)
Panel B2: 2SLS—Rural Areas
New patients aged 46–650.314**
(0.087)
AD 1–10 mo. after birth0.776**1.025**–0.712–0.791–0.711
(0.231)(0.300)(0.419)(0.479)(0.458)
Weak IV 95% AR confidence set[0.343; 1.393][0.520; 1.945][−2.000; −0.007][−2.262; 0.016][−2.115; 0.059]
Mean outcome0.0240.0270.0290.9270.9220.915
F-statistic first stage13.1213.1213.1213.1213.1213.12
Observations110,809110,809110,809110,809110,809110,809
Panel C1: OLS—First and Second Births
0.576**0.404**–0.082**–0.092**–0.098**
(0.004)(0.004)(0.003)(0.003)(0.003)
Panel C2: 2SLS – First and Second Births
New patients aged 46–650.165**
(0.036)
AD 1–10 mo. after birth0.577**0.686**–0.713–0.169–0.210
(0.188)(0.239)(0.376)(0.365)(0.351)
Weak IV 95% AR confidence set[0.187; 0.967][0.236; 1.230][−1.643; −0.006][−0.927; 0.589][−0.940; 0.450]
Mean outcome0.0250.0290.0330.9010.8980.893
F-statistic first stage20.9520.9520.9520.9520.9520.95
Observations768,740768,740768,740768,740768,740768,740
  • Notes: Panel A focuses on 1,548 postal codes with three or fewer GP practices. Panel B focuses on rural areas (urbanicity categories four and five). Panel C includes both first and second births. The antidepressant use dummies for month 1 to 10, 11 to 20, and 21 to 30 are one if the woman was dispensed at least one antidepressant script in these months. Positive income is a dummy and indicates that an individual had income greater than zero in the full calendar years after birth (Y1–Y3). All specifications include area-level (municipality) fixed effects, individual controls. and postal code–level controls. Robust standard errors are clustered at the area level and shown in parentheses. Significance: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.