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dc.contributor.authorWillage, Barton
dc.contributor.authorWillén, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-23T07:19:15Z
dc.date.available2020-11-23T07:19:15Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2688961
dc.description.abstractThe first year after childbirth involves dramatic changes to parents’ lives and is crucial for children’s development. Using plausibly exogenous job loss from mass layoffs, we study the effect of labor shocks on mothers and children. Mothers displaced in the postpartum year experience significantly larger effects than mothers displaced in non-birth years. No such effects are present among fathers. Additionally, we find long-lasting harm to children’s educational outcomes. These effects do not extend to children who experience maternal job loss later in life nor to children who experience paternal job loss. Examining potential mechanisms suggest effects are driven by maternal stress.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherInstitutt for samfunnsøkonomien_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDP SAM;22/2020
dc.subjectJob Loss, Maternal Labor Supply, Education, Early Childhood, Fertilityen_US
dc.titlePostpartum Job Loss: Transitory Effect on Mothers, Long-run Damage to Childrenen_US
dc.typeWorking paperen_US
dc.subject.nsiSamfunnsvitenskapen_US
dc.source.pagenumber29en_US
dc.relation.projectNorges Forskningsråd: 262675en_US


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