Effects of Parental Job Loss and Insecurity on Children’s Health: Evidence from Korea

Lee, Y-W.;

Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers from HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York

Abstract: In the last two decades, after the Asian financial crisis, Korea has witnessed a rapid increase in the share of temporary contractual work in its employment composition. In this paper, we investigate the impact of job insecurity and job loss on children’s health using Korea Welfare Panel Study data. We find that paternal job loss and insecurity has a significantly negative effect on health, while maternal job loss and insecurity has no effect. This could be because the effects of income loss and financial hardship are greater for male workers than for females.

Keywords: child health; parental job loss and insecurity; panel data estimation; Korea welfare panel study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 I12 J13 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-05
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