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Parental health penalty on adult children’s employment: Gender differences and long-term consequences

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  • Wen, Jiayi
  • Huang, Haili

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This study examines the gender-specific and enduring impacts of parental health shocks on adult children’s employment in China, where both formal care and health insurance are limited. Using an event-study approach, we establish a causal link between parental health shocks and a notable decline in female employment, which persists for at least six years following the shock. Male employment, however, exhibits minimal change on average, although this conceals an increase among poor families, indicating a channel beyond heightened informal care. Our findings underscore the consequences of “growing old before getting rich” for developing countries.

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  • Wen, Jiayi & Huang, Haili, 2024. "Parental health penalty on adult children’s employment: Gender differences and long-term consequences," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jhecon:v:95:y:2024:i:c:s0167629624000316
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2024.102886
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    Keywords

    Gender inequality; Female labor supply; Health shock; Aging;
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    JEL classification:

    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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