Mothers' and Fathers' Labor Supply in Fragile Families: The Role of Child Health

Hope Corman, Nancy E. Reichman and Kelly Noonan

No 9918, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We estimate the effect of poor child health on the labor supply of mothers and fathers post welfare reform, using a national sample of mostly unwed parents and their children-a group at high risk of living in poverty. We account for the potential endogeneity of child health and find that having a young child in poor health reduces the mother's probability of working, the mother's hours of work, and the father's hours of work. These results suggest that children's health problems may diminish their parents' capacity to invest in their health.

JEL-codes: I12 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-08
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Published as Corman, Hope, Kelly Noonan and Nancy Reichman. "Mothers' Labor Supply in Fragile Families: The Role of Child Health." Eastern Economics Journal 31, 4(Fall 2005): 601-616.
Published as Noonan, K., Reichman, N., Corman H. 2005. New Fathers’ Labor Supply: Does Child Health Matter? Social Science Quarterly 86(5): 1399–1417(19).

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