@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp16701,
            	author={Stenberg, Anders and Tudor, Simona},
            	title={Field of Study and Mental Health in Adulthood},
            	year={2023},
	month={Dec},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={16701},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16701},
	abstract={We analyze whether field of study assigned at age 16 impacts mental health in adulthood. Using a regression discontinuity design that exploits GPA cut-offs, we find that admission to the preferred study field improves mental health, lowering both the incidence of antidepressant prescriptions and of mental health-related hospitalizations. Engineering contributes strongly but not uniquely to the positive results. As for mechanisms, earnings explain 40% of the estimates, but earlier proposed hypotheses based on school-age peer characteristics have little explanatory power. Our findings imply that restrictions on individuals' choices, to improve human capital allocations, entail costs that may have been underestimated.},
	keywords={secondary education;health;field of study},
            }