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The effects of Children’s ADHD on Parents’ Relationship Dissolution and Labor Supply

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  • Anette Primdal Kvist
  • Helena Skyt Nielsen

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  • Marianne Simonsen

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    (Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University, Denmark)

Abstract

This paper uses Danish register-based data for the population of children born in 1990-1997 to investigate the effects on parents of having a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD). Ten years after birth, parents of children diagnosed with ADHD have a 75 % higher probability of having dissolved their relationship and a 7-13 % lower labor supply. Exploiting detailed information about documented risk factors behind ADHD, we find that roughly half of this gap is due to selection. However, a statistically and economically significant gap is left, which is likely related to the impact of high psychic costs of coping with a child with ADHD.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University in its series Economics Working Papers with number 2011-14.

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Date of creation: 28 Oct 2011
Handle: RePEc:aah:aarhec:2011-14
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Keywords: ADHD; child health; marital dissolution; labor supply;

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  • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
  • 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
  • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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  1. Dalsgaard, Søren & Nielsen, Helena Skyt & Simonsen, Marianne, 2012. "The Effects of Pharmacological Treatment of ADHD on Children's Health," IZA Discussion Papers 6714, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).

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