TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of aggregate and gender-specific labor demand shocks on child health
AU - Page, Marianne
AU - Schaller, Jessamyn
AU - Simon, David
N1 - Funding Information:
Marianne Page is a professor of economics at the University of California Davis and a faculty research associate at NBER. Jessamyn Schaller is an assistant professorof economics at the University of Arizona and a faculty research fellow at NBER. David Simon is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Connecticut and a faculty research fellow at NBER. The authors thank seminar participants at California Polytechnic State University, the University of California Riverside, the University of Houston, the University of Texas at Austin, and Texas A&M University, as well as conference participants at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting, the Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting, the International Health Economics Association Annual Meeting, the IZA workshop on welfare consequences of unemployment, and the American Society of Health Economists Biennial Conference. We are grateful to Jason Lindo and Gary Solon for their helpful comments and to Gaetano Basso and Esra Kose for their excellent research assistance. This project was supported by funding from National Science Foundation (Grant #1327768), the University of California Davis Interdisciplinary Frontiers in the Humanities and Arts Grant, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Because this paper uses restricted-use data, the authors are unable to make their data set publically available. The authors will provide guidelines on how to access the restricted use data upon request (david.simon@uconn.edu).
Funding Information:
This project was supported by funding from National Science Foundation (Grant #1327768), the University of California Davis Interdisciplinary Frontiers in the Humanities and Arts Grant, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Because this paper uses restricted-use data, the authors are unable to make their data set publically available.
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - We estimate the relationship between local labor market opportunities and child health using state unemployment rates and demand-induced changes in mothers' and fathers' employment opportunities. In contrast with studies of adult health, we find little evidence that aggregate economic conditions are correlated contemporaneously with children's health. However, we find important patterns by gender. In particular, improvements in women's employment opportunities are consistently associated with worse child health, while better labor market conditions for men have positive effects. These patterns suggest that both family income and maternal time are important inputs to child health.
AB - We estimate the relationship between local labor market opportunities and child health using state unemployment rates and demand-induced changes in mothers' and fathers' employment opportunities. In contrast with studies of adult health, we find little evidence that aggregate economic conditions are correlated contemporaneously with children's health. However, we find important patterns by gender. In particular, improvements in women's employment opportunities are consistently associated with worse child health, while better labor market conditions for men have positive effects. These patterns suggest that both family income and maternal time are important inputs to child health.
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U2 - 10.3368/JHR.54.1.0716.8045R
DO - 10.3368/JHR.54.1.0716.8045R
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062645833
SN - 0022-166X
VL - 54
SP - 37
EP - 78
JO - Journal of Human Resources
JF - Journal of Human Resources
IS - 1
ER -