 Caution! Men not at work: Gender-specific labor market conditions and child maltreatmentJason Lindo, Jessamyn Schaller and Benjamin Hansen Journal of Public Economics, 2018, vol. 163, issue C, 77-98 Abstract: This paper examines the effect of labor market conditions—measured through unemployment, mass layoffs and predicted employment—on child maltreatment using county-level data from California. Using these indicators, we separately estimate the effects of overall and gender-specific economic shocks. We find only modest evidence of a link between overall economic conditions and child maltreatment. However, analysis by gender reveals robust evidence that maltreatment decreases with indicators for male employment and increases with indicators for female employment. These opposite-signed effects are consistent with a theoretical framework that builds on household-time-use models and is supported by an analysis of time-use data, though we discuss other mechanisms that may also play important roles. Keywords: Child maltreatment; Abuse; Neglect; Unemployment; Job loss; Time use (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:163:y:2018:i:c:p:77-98 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.04.007 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Public Economics is currently edited by R. Boadway and J. Poterba More articles in Journal of Public Economics from Elsevier |
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