Children's Emotional and Behavioral Problems and Their Mothers' Labor Supply

This article estimates the effects of children’s EBP on their mothers’ labor supply by family structure while accounting for endogeneity in children’s health. We used the 1997 and 2002 Child Development Supplements (CDS) to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). We used probit and bivariate probit models to estimate mothers’ probability of employment, and tobit and instrumental variable tobit models to estimate the effects of children’s EBP on their mothers’ work hours. Findings show negative effects of children’s EBP on their married mothers’ employment and on their single mothers’ work hours.

Source: Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing - January 1, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Richard, P., Gaskin, D. J., Alexandre, P. K., Burke, L. S., Younis, M. Tags: Article Source Type: research