Reskilling Impact on Antidepressant Use in Danish Injured Workers

This dataset supports research on the effects of reskilling education on antidepressant use among injured workers and their partners in Denmark. The analysis is based on the universe of the Danish population, exploiting institutional variation in access to higher education following work accidents. The study finds reskilling prevents antidepressant use for one in three participants, with comparable spillover effects on partners.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between access to higher education and antidepressant prescription rates among injured workers.
• Investigate partner spillover effects on employment and mental health outcomes following a worker's reskilling.
• Estimate the economic value of health improvements from reskilling by mapping antidepressant prescriptions to depressive episodes.
• Study institutional variation in post-accident education policies and their impact on population-level mental health metrics.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on the universe of the Danish population, providing comprehensive coverage.
• Study quantifies specific effects, finding reskilling prevents antidepressant use for one in three participants.
• Research examines partner spillover effects of comparable magnitude to the primary effects on workers.

Limitations

• The dataset's specific structure, including rows, columns, and file formats, is unknown.
• The analysis relies on an assumption of a one-to-one mapping between antidepressant prescriptions and depressive episodes.
• Findings are specific to the institutional context of Denmark and may not generalize to other countries.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Exploits institutional variation in access to higher education following work accidents in Denmark.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-27.

Geography

Denmark