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Antidepressants and Labor Market Outcomes of Persons
Living with HIV. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Oct 2008, Pages: 148
The work examines the effect of antidepressants on
the employment of HIV-positive persons receiving
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). It
uses U.S. panel data (1996-2004) from the Women’s
Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) and the Multicenter
AIDS Cohort Study (MACS). Regression models of
employment control for: demographic characteristics,
clinical indicators, physical and mental health
summary measures and local area characteristics.
Instrumental variables help identify antidepressant
use. The results show that antidepressant use has a
positive effect on the employment probability of
women living with HIV. Among women receiving HAART,
and controlling for individual and local area labor
market characteristics, use of antidepressants is
associated with a higher probability of being
employed. On the other hand, we cannot find a
positive effect of antidepressant use on employment
for the participants in the MACS. Increasing
efforts to improve screening, diagnosis, and
treatment of depression in specific high-risk HIV
positive populations, particularly low-income women,
is warranted.
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