Asuman Derek, Gerdtham Ulf-G, Alriksson-Schmidt Ann I, Nordin Martin, Jarl Johan
Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Department of Economics, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Health Econ. 2025 Nov;34(11):2004-2036. doi: 10.1002/hec.70017. Epub 2025 Jul 14.
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.
鉴于需要额外的照料和支持，残疾儿童的父母可能面临更高的劳动力市场惩罚。利用瑞典的行政数据，我们聚焦于患有脑瘫（CP）的头胎子女，以估计对父母劳动力市场结果的影响。我们采用事件研究方法来确定孩子出生后长达10年的影响。我们的结果表明，母亲的就业和收入在短期内下降，在长期内上升，而对于父亲来说，短期内则出现轻微下降。影响因残疾严重程度而异，重度残疾儿童的母亲在长期内推动了增长，而轻度残疾儿童的母亲似乎受到了惩罚。此外，瑞典社会保险系统的转移支付和福利补偿了父母因照料患有脑瘫的孩子而产生的一些潜在成本。
