Time for Mental Healthcare: Evidence from Paid Sick Leave Mandates

The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. All authors contributed equally to this study. Authors are listed in alphabetical order. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute on Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 1R01MH132552 (PI: Johanna Catherine Maclean). Dr. Eisenberg received grants unrelated to this work from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Mental Health, the National Institute on Nursing Research, and the Commonwealth Fund. Dr. Golberstein received a grant from the Commonwealth Fund. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Institutes of Health or the Commonwealth Fund. This research was conducted with restricted access to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the BLS. We thank participants at the NIH HEAL May 2025 Workshop and 2025 American Society of Health Economists Meeting, and Monica Deza and Thomas Hegland for excellent comments, and Maury Gittleman and Michael Lettau for assistance with the National Compensation Survey. All errors are our own.