The Impact of Child Disability on Parental Outcomes: Evidence From Sweden
利用瑞典行政数据，研究头胎患有脑瘫的儿童对父母劳动力市场结果的影响，发现母亲就业和收入短期下降、长期上升，父亲短期略有下降，且影响因残疾严重程度而异。
Parents of children with disabilities may face higher labor-market penalties given the extra care and support required. Using Swedish administrative data, we focus on first-born children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) to estimate impacts on parental labor-market outcomes. We apply an event study approach to identify effects up to 10 years after the birth of the child. Our results show that employment and earnings of mothers decrease in the short run and increase in the long run whereas for fathers, a marginal decrease is observed in the short run. The effects differ by severity of the disability, with mothers of children with severe impairments driving the increases in the long run, whilst mothers of children with mild impairments appear to experience a penalty. Further, transfers and benefits from the Swedish social insurance system compensate parents for some of the potential costs associated with caring for a child with CP.