Are Children’s Socio-Emotional Skills Shaped by Parental Health Shocks?

Esteban Garcia-Miralles and Miriam Gensowski

Journal of Human Resources, 2025, vol. 60, issue 5, 1560-1596

Abstract: Child skills are shaped by parental investments. Health shocks to parents can affect these investments and their children’s skills. We estimate causal effects of severe parental health shocks on child socio-emotional skills. Drawing on a large-scale survey linked to hospital records, we find that socio-emotional skills of 11–16-year-olds are robust to these shocks, except for small reductions in conscientiousness. We estimate short-run effects with child fixed effects and dynamics around shocks with event studies. In the long run, we find some evidence of buildup of effects that may be rationalized with shocks having a delayed impact on children’s skills.

JEL-codes: I10 I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0820-11091R2
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Working Paper: Are Children's Socio-Emotional Skills Shaped by Parental Health Shocks? (2022)
Working Paper: Are Children's Socio-Emotional Skills Shaped by Parental Health Shocks? (2020)
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