abstract: 'When children have health problems, mothers face a tradeoff between the

  decision to work to satisfy increased expenses and the decision to stay

  home to fulfill enlarged caregiving needs, especially for children with

  chronic conditions. This research used an instrumental variables

  approach to investigate the labor market consequences of mothers due to

  burden to care children with health problems. We found mothers''

  employment probability increased by 0.9\% for every \$100 of increased

  out-of-pocket medical spending, while employment probability fell by

  1.0\% for every half day of school/day care a sick child missed. By

  correcting for endogeneity we addressed a potential empirical bias.

  Analyses by subgroups showed that Hispanic mothers were less likely to

  work in the labor market with high caregiving burden. We also found that

  the effects of time burden on labor market outcomes were magnified for

  black mothers.'
affiliation: 'Zan, H (Corresponding Author), Univ Hawaii Manoa, Ctr Family, 2515 Campus
  Rd,Miller 103, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA.

  Zan, Hua, Univ Hawaii Manoa, Ctr Family, 2515 Campus Rd,Miller 103, Honolulu, HI
  96822 USA.

  Scharff, Robert L., Ohio State Univ, Dept Human Sci, 1787 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH
  43210 USA.'
author: Zan, Hua and Scharff, Robert L.
author-email: hzan@hawaii.edu
author_list:
- family: Zan
  given: Hua
- family: Scharff
  given: Robert L.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s10834-017-9552-5
eissn: 1573-3475
files: []
issn: 1058-0476
journal: JOURNAL OF FAMILY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
keywords: Mothers' employment; Children's health; Caregiving; Childcare burden
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL-VALUES; WELFARE-REFORM; WORK;
  CARE;

  DISABILITY; IMPACT; DISPARITIES; CAREGIVERS; FAMILIES'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '41'
orcid-numbers: Zan, Hua/0000-0002-0642-5670
pages: 297-309
papis_id: df863678025054fb27ff38874216b0d2
ref: Zan2018effectschildrens
times-cited: '12'
title: The Effects of Children's Health on Mothers' Employment
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000431312200009
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '15'
volume: '39'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Family Studies
year: '2018'