TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Currie, Janet
AU  - Daysal, N. Meltem
AU  - Gørtz, Mette
AU  - Hirani, Jonas Cuzulan
        TI  - Child Disability and Effects on Sibling Mental Health
        PY  - 2026/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18783
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp18783
        AB  - We ask how a younger sibling’s physical disability affects sibling mental health using Danish register data on families with three or more children. Difference-in-difference models compare first- and second-born children when the third-born does or does not have a disability. Use of mental health services increases 13% among second-born children, with a 23% increase in psychiatric visits and an 18% increase in use of psychiatric medications. Effects are concentrated in households where the mother has less than high school and persist after conditioning on child test scores. Parental responses suggest that caregiving demands, stress, and strained resources are potential mechanisms.
        KW  - disability
KW  - mental health
KW  - siblings
KW  - children
        ER  -