Date of Award
2021
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Organizational Unit
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Economics
First Advisor
Yavuz Yaşar
Second Advisor
Juan Carlos Lopez
Third Advisor
Renee Botta
Keywords
Economics, Labor force, Mothers, Children, Health
Abstract
I estimate the effect of poor child health on maternal labor force participation. Mothers of health-impaired children may decide not to work and stay at home to take care of their children. Alternatively, mothers may choose to enter the labor force to pay for these children’s additional resources. Which action dominates is the empirical question I answer in this paper. I control for the potential endogeneity of a child’s health status by using an instrumental variables approach. I find that if mothers have a child in poor health, the probability that the mother works is decreased by thirteen percentage points, and the work hours of employed mothers are reduced by approximately nine percent.
Publication Statement
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Rights Holder
Termeh Tavangar
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
68 pgs
Recommended Citation
Tavangar, Termeh, "Children’s Health and Maternal Work Activities" (2021). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1999.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1999
Copyright date
2021
Discipline
Economics