The Impact of Child Disability on Parental Outcomes : Evidence From Sweden
Asuman, Derek LU
; Gerdtham, Ulf-G
LU
; Alriksson-Schmidt, Ann I
LU
; Nordin, Martin
LU
and Jarl, Johan
LU
(2025)
In Health Economics (United Kingdom)
- Abstract
Parents of children with disabilities may face higher labor-market penalties given the extra care and support required. Using Swedish administrative data, we focus on first-born children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) to estimate impacts on parental labor-market outcomes. We apply an event study approach to identify effects up to 10 years after the birth of the child. Our results show that employment and earnings of mothers decrease in the short run and increase in the long run whereas for fathers, a marginal decrease is observed in the short run. The effects differ by severity of the disability, with mothers of children with severe impairments driving the increases in the long run, whilst mothers of children with mild impairments appear to... (More)
Parents of children with disabilities may face higher labor-market penalties given the extra care and support required. Using Swedish administrative data, we focus on first-born children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) to estimate impacts on parental labor-market outcomes. We apply an event study approach to identify effects up to 10 years after the birth of the child. Our results show that employment and earnings of mothers decrease in the short run and increase in the long run whereas for fathers, a marginal decrease is observed in the short run. The effects differ by severity of the disability, with mothers of children with severe impairments driving the increases in the long run, whilst mothers of children with mild impairments appear to experience a penalty. Further, transfers and benefits from the Swedish social insurance system compensate parents for some of the potential costs associated with caring for a child with CP.
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- author
- Asuman, Derek
LU
; Gerdtham, Ulf-G
LU
; Alriksson-Schmidt, Ann I
LU
; Nordin, Martin
LU
and Jarl, Johan
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2025-07-14
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- epub
- subject
- keywords
- cerebral palsy, children, disability, earnings, employment, event study, labor market, Sweden
- in
- Health Economics (United Kingdom)
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:105010701019
- pmid:40658362
- ISSN
- 1057-9230
- DOI
- 10.1002/hec.70017
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- cc8d50b4-9f05-4899-9861-c300b1f25cf8
- date added to LUP
- 2025-07-24 16:59:30
- date last changed
- 2025-08-21 19:44:04
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abstract = {{<p>Parents of children with disabilities may face higher labor-market penalties given the extra care and support required. Using Swedish administrative data, we focus on first-born children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) to estimate impacts on parental labor-market outcomes. We apply an event study approach to identify effects up to 10 years after the birth of the child. Our results show that employment and earnings of mothers decrease in the short run and increase in the long run whereas for fathers, a marginal decrease is observed in the short run. The effects differ by severity of the disability, with mothers of children with severe impairments driving the increases in the long run, whilst mothers of children with mild impairments appear to experience a penalty. Further, transfers and benefits from the Swedish social insurance system compensate parents for some of the potential costs associated with caring for a child with CP.</p>}},
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title = {{The Impact of Child Disability on Parental Outcomes : Evidence From Sweden}},
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