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Mothers' Care: Reversing Early Childhood Health Shocks Through Parental Investments

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  • Cristina Belles-Obrero

  • Antonio Cabrales
  • Sergi Jimenez-Martin
  • Judit Vall-Castello

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We explore the effects of a child labor regulation that changed the legal working age from 14 to 16 over the health of their offspring. We show that the reform was detrimental for the health of the son’s of affected parents at delivery. Yet, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated moth ers are perceived as still having worse health at older ages, even if their objective health status has recovered. These boys are also more likely to have private health insurance, which suggests more concerned mothers.

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  • Cristina Belles-Obrero & Antonio Cabrales & Sergi Jimenez-Martin & Judit Vall-Castello, 2019. "Mothers' Care: Reversing Early Childhood Health Shocks Through Parental Investments," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2019_107, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:crctr224_2019_107
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    JEL classification:

    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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