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abstract: 'The prevalence of chronic conditions among children has been rising in
the past four decades. Despite the policy relevance and plausible
mechanisms through which child disability and severe early life health
conditions can impact subsequent maternal reproductive behavior, there
has been limited investigation of this question particularly in the US.
Child disability or severe early life health problems such as very
preterm birth (VPTB) and very low birth weight (VLBW) can constrain
household resources to have another child but may also increase parental
demand for healthy children and modify allocation of resources between
children. Empirical assessment of this question is complicated by
unobservables such as maternal health and preferences. We examine
whether giving birth to a child with disabilities or severe adverse
birth outcomes including VPTB and VLBW impacts subsequent maternal
fertility. We employ a mother fixed-effect duration model for maternal
fertility over time as a function of the proportion of previously born
children with disabilities/health conditions in order to account for
time-invariant unobservables, using merged data from the 1993 National
Health Interview Survey and 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. We
find no evidence that having disabled children reduces subsequent live
births when using the mother fixed-effect model, in contrast to the
classical model using within and between mother variation which suggests
a fertility decline. Similarly, we find no evidence that having VPTB or
VLBW children reduces fertility. Overall, our findings indicate no
impact of child disability or health conditions on subsequent maternal
fertility. Additional analyses excluding women who may qualify for AFDC
show overall a similar pattern of results, suggesting that the findings
may be generalizable post the AFDC. Time-varying unobservables may still
be at work, but they likely result in an opposite (negative) bias toward
reduction in fertility.'
affiliation: 'Wehby, GL (Corresponding Author), Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138
USA.
Wehby, GL (Corresponding Author), Univ Iowa, Dept Hlth Management \& Policy, 145
N Riverside Dr,100 Coll Publ Hlth Bldg, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.
Wehby, GL (Corresponding Author), Univ Iowa, Dept Econ, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.
Wehby, George L.; Hockenberry, Jason M., Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138
USA.
Wehby, George L., Univ Iowa, Dept Hlth Management \& Policy, 145 N Riverside Dr,100
Coll Publ Hlth Bldg, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.
Wehby, George L., Univ Iowa, Dept Econ, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.
Hockenberry, Jason M., Emory Univ, Rollins Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Policy \& Management,
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA.'
author: Wehby, George L. and Hockenberry, Jason M.
author-email: 'george-wehby@uiowa.edu
jason.hockenberry@emory.edu'
author_list:
- family: Wehby
given: George L.
- family: Hockenberry
given: Jason M.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s11150-015-9311-z
eissn: 1573-7152
files: []
issn: 1569-5239
journal: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD
keywords: 'Disability; Child health; Fertility; Intergenerational effects;
Disparities; Household economics'
keywords-plus: 'UNITED-STATES; ADULT HEALTH; BIRTH-WEIGHT; MOTHERS; EMPLOYMENT; DIVORCE;
QUALITY; DISEASE'
language: English
month: SEP
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '37'
pages: 995-1016
papis_id: 5d784a43904d9589cc7ce74323d03b98
ref: Wehby2017impactchild
times-cited: '4'
title: Impact of child health and disability on subsequent maternal fertility
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000404928000013
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '15'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2017'