Early child development and parents' labor supply
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چکیده
The impact of children's early development status on parental labor market outcomes is not well established in the empirical literature. We combine an instrumental variable approach to account for endogeneity with a model nonrandom force participation identify its impact. A one-unit increase our poor child index reduces long-term maternal weekly hours worked by 9 h and income A$215. provide evidence that mothers substitute working time childcare compensate disadvantages. do find any responses fathers development.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Econometrics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1099-1255', '0883-7252']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.2803