Differences by mother’s education in the effect of childcare on child obesity

Previous studies have found adverse effects of maternal employment on child obesity for higher educated mothers. Using a quasi-structural model, we find additionally a lower risk of obesity for children of less educated mothers with increased time in non-parental childcare.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Nazarov, Zafar E. ; Rendall, Michael S.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 124.2014, 2, p. 286-289
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Child obesity \| Maternal employment \| Childcare \| EITC

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	H24 - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies ; I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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