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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 are the first to investigate longer-term effects of pharmacological treatment of ADHD on children's health. We rely … ; evaluation ; health … on a difference-in-differences strategy while exploiting Danish register-based panel data for children born in 1990 …
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migration and within-family variation. We find evidence of a positive impact of parents' years since migration on children … of each parent's years since migration on their children's school achievements. We exploit local variation in years since … children ; second generation ; fixed effects …
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This paper estimates effects of early ADHD medication use on key human capital outcomes for children diagnosed with … strategy exploits plausible exogenous assignment of children to hospitals with specialist physicians, while our analysis of … health outcomes also allows for an individual level panel data strategy. We find that the behavior of specialist physicians …
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Numerous countries have enacted policies to promote the labor force participation of women around the years of childbearing, and unsurprisingly, many research articles have been devoted to evaluating their effectiveness. Perhaps more surprisingly, however, six such articles were submitted...
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Bullying is a widespread social phenomenon. We show that both children who are being bullied and children who bully … suffer in terms of long-term outcomes. We rely on rich survey and register-based data for children born in a region of …. -- victimization ; perpetrator ; crime ; education ; health ; mental health …
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In this paper we study effects of mass layoffs on parents and their children in the aftermath of the Great Recession … children of parents who were more adversely affected by the layoff, consistent with an increase in parental time investment … Danish firms in 2008-2019. We document that parents exposed to a mass layoff during and immediately after the Great Recession …
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This paper examines how skills are shaped by social interactions in families. We show that older siblings causally affect younger sibling's education choices and early career earnings. We focus on critical course choices in high school and overcome the identification challenges of estimating...
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