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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2024
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16799
Verlag: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
Child maltreatment is pervasive, often undetected, yet harmful. We investigate whether it is impacted by unemployment by leveraging unique administrative data including all reported cases of child abuse and neglect in the United States from 2004 to 2012. Using an industry shift-share instrument to identify county-level unemployment effects, we find a substantial rise in neglect. The likely channel is lower quality-time spent with children rather than decreased financial investments. Expenditures on children remain stable during recessions. Instead, higher local-area unemployment rate reduces parental childcare time, worsens mental health, and contributes to an increase in one-parent households.
Schlagwörter: 
child abuse and neglect
unemployment rate
recession
Bartik
mental health
JEL: 
I10
D10
J12
J13
K42
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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