Children’s Health and Maternal Work Activity
利用SIPP面板数据，考察不同儿童残疾定义对母亲市场工作的影响，发现儿童残疾对女性户主和妻子的就业及工时均有负面影响，但对女性户主的工作时间增长和就业进入概率影响更显著。
Abstract Past empirical findings indicate that children's health problems reduce married mothers' employment but are inconclusive in the case of female heads. These studies use diverse disability definitions, samples, and specifications. This paper uses pooled SIPP panels to investigate the impact of alternative disability measures on maternal market work. Negative effects of several disability definitions on female heads' and wives' employment and hours at a point in time are found. In contrast, while female heads' growth in work hours over time and probabilities of entering employment appear adversely affected by child disability, there is no evidence for analogous effects on wives.