The effects of Children’s ADHD on Parents’ Relationship Dissolution and Labor Supply

Anette Primdal Kvist, Helena Nielsen and Marianne Simonsen ()
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Marianne Simonsen: Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University, Denmark, Postal: 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

Economics Working Papers from Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University

Abstract: 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 supply. Exploiting detailed information about documented risk factors behind ADHD, we find that roughly half of this gap is due to selection. However, a statistically and economically significant gap is left, which is likely related to the impact of high psychic costs of coping with a child with ADHD.

Keywords: ADHD; child health; marital dissolution; labor supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J12 J13 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2011-10-28
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