Differences by mother’s education in the effect of childcare on child obesity

Zafar E. Nazarov and Michael S. Rendall

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 124, issue 2, 286-289

Abstract: Previous studies have found adverse effects of maternal employment on child obesity for higher educated mothers. Using a quasi-structural model, we find additionally a lower risk of obesity for children of less educated mothers with increased time in non-parental childcare.

Keywords: Child obesity; Maternal employment; Childcare; EITC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H24 I12 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.06.010

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