dc.contributor.author | Chen, Ke (Kelly) | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-27T17:47:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-27T17:47:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-08-27 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/15382 | |
dc.description.abstract | Does a parent’s illness or disability hurt the educational attainment of their children? This dissertation consists of three essays on the impact of negative health events / activity limitation experienced by parents on their children’s human capital, and how the negative consequences of parental illness can be mediated by public policy. The first essay uses the 1991-2006 Chinese Health and Nutrition Survey and finds poor Chinese children whose parent has a serious illness are much more likely to drop out of primary or secondary school compared to other children whose parents remain healthy. The second essay, using Canada’s 1994-2008 NLSCY, discovers a similar “attendance gap” at the post-secondary level between Canadian youth of disabled parents and their peers of non-disabled parents. Finally, the third essay demonstrates that higher cash transfers made available to parents with a disability can boost children’s math test performance and facilitate non-cognitive skill development. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Child well-being, parental illness, parental disability, disability benefits | en_US |
dc.title | Three Essays on Parental Health and Children’s Outcomes | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2012-08-01 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Economics | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Doctor of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Jane Friesen | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Melvin Cross | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Yulia Kotlyarova | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Lars Osberg and Shelley Phipps | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |