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Does childcare improve the health of children with unemployed parents? Evidence from Swedish childcare access reform
Aalto, Aino-Maija; Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; … - 2019
We analyze how access to childcare affects the health outcomes of children with unemployed parents using a reform that … increased childcare access in some Swedish municipalities. While we find no effects of childcare access on hospitalization for 2 … they first gained access to childcare. Children aged 10 to 11 years who had access to childcare earlier in their childhood …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039308
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Childcare : a safety net for children?
Aalto, Aino-Maija; Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; … - 2018
We analyze how access to childcare affects health outcomes of children with unemployed parents using a reform that … increased childcare access in some Swedish municipalities. For 4-5 year olds, we find an immediate increase in infection …-related hospitalization, when these children first get access to childcare. We find no effect on younger children. When children are 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898899
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Does childcare improve the health of children with unemployed parents? : evidence from Swedish childcare access reform
Aalto, Aino-Maija; Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; … - 2019
We analyze how access to childcare affects the health outcomes of children with unemployed parents using a reform that … increased childcare access in some Swedish municipalities. While we find no effects of childcare access on hospitalization for 2 … they first gained access to childcare. Children aged 10 to 11 years who had access to childcare earlier in their childhood …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011967019
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Human capital effects of one-on-one time with parents : evidence from a Swedish childcare access reform
Sjögren, Anna; Ahlzén, Malin Tallås - 2022
formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare … access for infants' older siblings, while parents were on parental leave to care for their infants. Survey data on childcare … enrollment show that the reform had a significant impact on the childcare enrollment of older siblings. Using rich administrative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990334
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Human capital effects of one-on-one time with parents: Evidence from a Swedish childcare access reform
Sjögren, Anna; Ahlzén, Malin Tallås - 2022
formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare … access for infants' older siblings, while parents were on parental leave to care for their infants. Survey data on childcare … enrollment show that the reform had a significant impact on the childcare enrollment of older siblings. Using rich administrative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013394338
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Born to Win? The Role of Circumstances and Luck in Early Childhood Health Inequalities
Madden, D. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2013
This paper measures the degree of inequality of opportunity in birthweight and birthlength for a sample of Irish infants. The sample is partitioned into eight types by mothers’ education and mothers’ smoking status. Stochastic dominance tests reveal the presence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011146831
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Wealth, Health, and Child Development: Evidence from Administrative Data on Swedish Lottery Players
Cesarini, David; Lindqvist, Erik; Östling, Robert; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large, virtually free of attrition, and allows us to control for the factors such as the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199855
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Born to Win? The Role of Circumstances and Luck in Early Childhood Health Inequalities
Madden, David - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2013
This paper measures the degree of inequality of opportunity in birthweight and birthlength for a sample of Irish infants. The sample is partitioned into eight types by mothers’ education and mothers’ smoking status. Stochastic dominance tests reveal the presence of inequality of opportunity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696350
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Domestic Abuse and Child Health
Rawlings, Samantha; Siddique, Zahra - Henley Business School, University of Reading - 2014
We examine the effects of different kinds of domestic abuse (physical violence, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and physical violence while the victim is pregnant) on health outcomes of children born to victims. We use data on approximately 0.6 million children born between 1975 and 2013 across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011086465
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Domestic Abuse and Child Health
Rawlings, Samantha; Siddique, Zahra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We examine the effects of different kinds of domestic abuse (physical violence, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and physical violence while the victim is pregnant) on health outcomes of children born to victims. We use data on approximately 0.6 million children born between 1975 and 2013 across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959724