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This paper uses Danish register-based data for the population of children born in 1990-1997 to investigate the effects … on parents of having a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD). Ten years after birth, parents of … children diagnosed with ADHD have a 75% higher probability of having dissolved their relationship and a 7-13% lower labor …
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We develop and estimate a model of child care markets that endogenizes both demand and supply. On the demand side, families with a child make consumption, labor supply, and child-care decisions within a static, unitary household model. On the supply side, child care providers make entry, price,...
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reform, children are 8 percentage points less likely to attend public daycare which implies a compensated price elasticity of …
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light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare … and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce informal childcare indicating that public daycare and informal … childcare are complements. Female labor force participation declines and the response is strongest for single parents and low …
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Since 2004 six states plus Washington, DC have implemented laws that provide paid leave benefits to workers caring for family members who have a disability or serious medical condition. Focusing on the most established state programs-California and New Jersey-this paper investigates whether paid...
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, spouses' wages, hours of work, and time spent with children to estimate the sensitivity of consumption and time allocation to … shocks. We find that behavioral responses to wage shocks depend on the presence of young children. We also find that labor …
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of children. This effect is more pronounced for daughters and for children who live close to their parents. Further …We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which …
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a cohort of English teenagers in compulsory education. Our results support a situation in which parents 'tax' their … children's earnings, withdrawing financial support as the child increases his working hours. This strategy forces the child to …
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Does after-school care provision promote mothers' employment and balance the allocation of paid work among parents of …
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This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … on within-father differences in leave-taking for first and higher order children that were triggered by a policy reform …
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