RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Effect of Household Earnings on Child School Mental Health Designations: Evidence from Administrative Data
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 1222-12705R2
DO 10.3368/jhr.1222-12705R2
A1 Jones, Lauren
A1 Stabile, Mark
A1 Koebel, Kourtney
A1 Furzer, Jill
YR 2023
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/10/29/jhr.1222-12705R2.abstract
AB We investigate the impact of household earnings shocks on in-school mental health designations in the context of the Great Recession using a unique data set of linked administrative educational and tax data and propensity score matching. Relative to children who did not experience recessionary earnings losse the rate of new mental health designations among children with earnings losses was 0.5 percentage poin higher (20 percent) during the recession. The effect of experiencing a recessionary earnings loss : persistent and grows, especially among children who experienced the loss when they were aged 10 or younger.