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Effects of Parental Disability on Children's Schooling: The Surprising Role of Parental Education

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  • Katie Bollman
  • Leah K. Lakdawala

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We show that negative effects of parental disability on schooling investments are larger for economically advantaged families. Among children with a veteran father, private school attendance declines with the severity of a father's service-related disability by more when fathers have completed college relative to when fathers have not. Paternal disability also lowers the mobility of young adults, suggesting that reduced educational investment persists into young adulthood. Lost earnings are one mechanism; disability decreases labor supply for all, but foregone earnings are larger for highly educated fathers. Losses are offset by Veterans Affairs transfers for less educated fathers but not for educated fathers.

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  • Katie Bollman & Leah K. Lakdawala, 2023. "Effects of Parental Disability on Children's Schooling: The Surprising Role of Parental Education," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 113, pages 477-481, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:113:y:2023:p:477-81
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20231124
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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