%0 Report
        %A Kvist, Anette Primdal
%A Nielsen, Helena Skyt
%A Simonsen, Marianne
        %T The Effects of Children's ADHD on Parents' Relationship Dissolution and Labor Supply
        %D 2011
        %8 2011 Oct
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6092
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6092
        %X This paper uses Danish register-based data for the population of children born in 1990-1997 to investigate the effects on parents of having a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD). Ten years after birth, parents of children diagnosed with ADHD have a 75% higher probability of having dissolved their relationship and a 7-13% lower labor supply. Exploiting detailed information about documented risk factors behind ADHD, we find that roughly half of this gap is due to selection. However, a statistically and economically significant gap is left, which is likely related to the impact of high psychic costs of coping with a child with ADHD.
        %K labor supply
%K child health
%K marital dissolution
%K ADHD