The Effects of Psychosocial Care Centers on the Labor Market
Presented by:
Talita Silva
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thursday, February 27, 2025
3:45 pm-5:00 pm
Taylor-Hibbard Seminar Room (Rm103)
In recent decades, numerous countries have revised their public mental health care policies by creating community mental health centers. This paper studies the consequences of such establishments on the labor market. Using the introduction of community mental health centers in small Brazilian municipalities, I find that people residing in a small municipality where a community mental health center is established experience a higher likelihood of work; more specifically, they join the informal sector and leave the formal sector.