Termination of parental rights: Which foster care children are affected?
In: Social science journal: official journal of the Western Social Science Association, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 241-256
ISSN: 0362-3319
18 Ergebnisse
Sortierung:
In: Social science journal: official journal of the Western Social Science Association, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 241-256
ISSN: 0362-3319
In: NBER Working Paper No. w32103
SSRN
In: Eastern economic journal: EEJ, Band 40, Heft 2, S. 226-248
ISSN: 1939-4632
In: NBER Working Paper No. w20113
SSRN
In: NBER Working Paper No. w19164
SSRN
In: Social science quarterly, Band 86, Heft s1, S. 1399-1417
ISSN: 1540-6237
Objective. We estimate the effect of poor child health on the labor supply of fathers post‐welfare reform, using a national sample of mostly unwed parents and their children—a group at high risk of living in poverty.Method. We control for a rich set of covariates, include state fixed effects, and test for the endogeneity of child health by estimating bivariate probit models.Results. We find that having a young child in poor health reduces the father's probability of being employed by four percentage points. The effect appears to be strongest among fathers who cohabit with, but are not married to, the child's mother.Conclusion. The results suggest a potential source by which young children with serious health problems may receive lower levels of health investment than their healthier peers—their fathers' reduced likelihood of being employed.
In: Social science quarterly, Band 86 (supplement, S. 1399-1417
ISSN: 0038-4941
Objective. We estimate the effect of poor child health on the labor supply of fathers' post-welfare reform, using a national sample of mostly unwed parents & their children -- a group at high risk of living in poverty. Method. We control for a rich set of covariates, include state fixed effects, & test for the endogeneity of child health by estimating bivariate probit models. Results. We find that having a young child in poor health reduces the father's probability of being employed by four percentage points. The effect appears to be strongest among fathers who cohabit with, but are not married to, the child's mother. Conclusion. The results suggest a potential source by which young children with serious health problems may receive lower levels of health investment than their healthier peers -- their fathers' reduced likelihood of being employed. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.
In: NBER Working Paper No. w9610
SSRN
In: NBER working paper series 10688
In: NBER Working Paper No. w20950
SSRN
SSRN
This paper adds to the literature on social capital and health by testing whether an exogenous shock in the health of a family member (a new baby) affects the family's investment in social capital. It also contributes to a small but growing literature on the effects of children's health on family resources and provides information about associations between health and social capital in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population. We use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study, a longitudinal survey of about 5,000 births to mostly unwed parents in 20 U.S. cities during the years 1998–2000. Both parents were interviewed at the time of the birth and then again one and three years later. The infants' medical records from the birth hospitalization were reviewed, and poor infant health was characterized to reflect serious and random health problems that were present at birth. Social interactions, reported at three years, include the parents' participation in church groups, service clubs, political organizations, community groups, and organizations working with children; regular religious attendance; and visiting relatives with the child. Education, employment, wages, and sociodemographic characteristics are included in the analyses. The results suggest that infant health shocks do not affect the parents' social interactions.
BASE
In: American economic review, Band 97, Heft 2, S. 398-401
ISSN: 1944-7981
In: NBER Working Paper No. w12197
SSRN
In: NBER Working Paper No. w12004
SSRN