@article {Garc{\'\i}a-Miralles0820-11091R2, author = {Esteban Garc{\'\i}a-Miralles and Miriam Gensowski}, title = {Are Children{\textquoteright}s Socio-Emotional Skills Shaped by Parental Health Shocks?}, elocation-id = {0820-11091R2}, year = {2023}, doi = {10.3368/jhr.0820-11091R2}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, abstract = {Child skills are shaped by parental investments. Health shocks to parents can affect these investments and their children{\textquoteright}s skills. This paper estimates causal effects of severe parental health shocks on child socio-emotional skills. Drawing on a large-scale survey linked to hospital records, we find that socio-emotional skills of 11-16 year-olds are robust to these shocks, except for small reductions in Conscientiousness. We estimate short-run effects with child-fixed effects and dynamics around shocks with event studies. In the long-run, we find some evidence of build-up of effects that may be rationalized with shocks having a delayed impact on children{\textquoteright}s skills.}, issn = {0022-166X}, URL = {https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/01/05/jhr.0820-11091R2}, eprint = {https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/01/05/jhr.0820-11091R2.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Human Resources} }