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THE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL LABOR SUPPLY ON CHILD HEALTH

Award Number: R36HS017375
ORGANIZATION: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
OPDIV: AHRQ
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/04/2007
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/03/2008

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THE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL LABOR SUPPLY ON CHILD HEALTH - Description (provided by the applicant): As women have entered the workforce in increasing numbers, researchers from a variety of disciplines have considered the likely consequences on the health of their children. The direction and magnitudes of the effects of maternal labor supply on various dimensions of child health are theoretically ambiguous. Maternal labor supply provides income and may supply access to employer-provided health insurance for her family. However, it also places an additional burden on a mother's time and may result in the poorer supervision or care of her children. My research seeks to identify the effect of maternal labor supply on the health of school age children in the United States. The problem is made difficult by the simultaneous nature of the work and child health decisions. A mother's choice to participate in the formal labor market is endogenous and is generally considered to be the effect of, not the cause of, her family's characteristics. Mothers with healthy children may find it easier to work, whereas mothers of children with special needs may find working outside of their home difficult. Similarly, having a child with a chronic condition may make it necessary for a mother to work in order to provide health insurance or additional income for her family. Isolating the effect of a mother's labor force participation on the health of her children is confounded by this reverse relationship: a child's health may directly affect a mother's labor supply decision. To estimate the causal relationship from maternal labor supply to child health, this project utilizes quasiexperimental variation in maternal labor supply generated by the interaction between the age composition of the children in the household and the age when children can start school. To be specific, the opportunity cost of a woman's time is substantially lowered when her youngest child becomes eligible for public school, leading to an increase in maternal labor supply at that time. In a two-stage regression model, this project uses a mother's youngest child's eligibility for kindergarten as an instrument for maternal labor supply. This research will provide the best estimate to date of the causal effect of maternal labor supply on the health of school-age children. This project will yield an important contribution to the understanding of the public health burden, if any, due to increasing maternal labor supply. Children's health is not only important for its own sake, but poor child health also imposes costs to families and society. Policies aimed at mitigating the strain on working mothers and that help women combine work and family life should be supported and informed by good, quantitative research on the impacts of maternal labor supply on children.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2009 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2009	2007	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND	4101 CHESAPEAKE BLDG	COLLEGE PARK	MD	20742	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	000	1	7/31/2009	NEW	-$33,523
2009	2007	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND	4101 CHESAPEAKE BLDG	COLLEGE PARK	MD	20742	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	001	1	8/7/2009	NEW	$33,523
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2007 ( Subtotal = $33,523 )
2007	2007	MD ST OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR	301 WEST PRESTON ST 15TH FL	BALTIMORE	MD	21201	BALTIMORE CITY	USA	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes	000	1	9/4/2007	NEW	$33,523
														Subtotal = $33,523

Grand Total All Awards = $33,523

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THE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL LABOR SUPPLY ON CHILD HEALTH

Award Number: R36HS017375

ORGANIZATION: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

OPDIV: AHRQ

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/04/2007

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/03/2008

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