We provide novel evidence on the impact of a child's health shock on parental labor market outcomes. To identify the … timing of the health shock. We do this by comparing parents across families in similar parental and child age cohorts whose … children experienced a health shock at different ages. We show that these families have very similar characteristics and were …

We provide novel evidence on the impact of a child's health shock on parental labor market outcomes. To identify the … timing of the health shock. We do this by comparing parents across families in similar parental and child age cohorts whose … children experienced a health shock at different ages. We show that these families have very similar characteristics and were …

This paper combines German claims and survey data to provide a comprehensive picture of the health dynamics surrounding … the transition into motherhood. Event-study estimates reveal good mental health around birth, but declines afterward, as … Gesundheitsdynamik rund um die Mutterschaft darzustellen. Event-Study-Schätzungen zeigen eine gute psychische Gesundheit unmittelbar vor …

The prevalence of mental ill-health is increasing among young people in many developed countries, raising concerns … study the effect of introducing earlier grades in compulsory school on child mental health in Sweden. To do so, we exploit a …

Based on comprehensive administrative health record data from Austria, this study examines how children's mental health … responds to a severe parental health shock. To account for the endogeneity of a serious parental illness, our sample is … restricted to children who experience the health shock of a parent at some point in time and we exploit the timing of shocks in a …

How do parents contend with threats to the health and survival of their children? Can the social safety net mitigate …' preferences to personally provide care for their children during the critical years following a severe health shock drive changes … in labor supply and income. Mental health and fertility effects are also observed but are likely not mediators for …

How do parents contend with threats to the health and survival of their children? Can the social safety net mitigate …' preferences to personally provide care for their children during the critical years following a severe health shock drive changes … in labor supply and income. Mental health and fertility effects are also observed but are likely not mediators for …

How do parents contend with threats to the health and survival of their children? Can the social safety net mitigate …' preferences to personally provide care for their children during the critical years following a severe health shock drive changes … in labor supply and income. Mental health and fertility effects are also observed but are likely not mediators for …

parental childcare time, worsens mental health, and contributes to an increase in one-parent households. …