TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Kvist, Anette Primdal
AU  - Nielsen, Helena Skyt
AU  - Simonsen, Marianne
        TI  - The Effects of Children's ADHD on Parents' Relationship Dissolution and Labor Supply
        PY  - 2011/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6092
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6092
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - labor supply
KW  - child health
KW  - marital dissolution
KW  - ADHD
        ER  -