PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elizabeth T. Powers
TI  - Children’s Health and Maternal Work Activity
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.XXXVIII.3.522
DP  - 2003 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 522--556
VI  - XXXVIII
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXVIII/3/522.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXVIII/3/522.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2003 Jul 01; XXXVIII
AB  - Past empirical findings indicate that children’s health problems reduce married mothers’ employment but are inconclusive in the case of female heads. These studies use diverse disability definitions, samples, and specifications. This paper uses pooled SIPP panels to investigate the impact of alternative disability measures on maternal market work. Negative effects of several disability definitions on female heads’ and wives’ employment and hours at a point in time are found. In contrast, while female heads’ growth in work hours over time and probabilities of entering employment appear adversely affected by child disability, there is no evidence for analogous effects on wives.