Are Children and Parents Substitutes or Complements in the Family Labor Supply Decision in Bangladesh?

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahina Amin ◽  
Shakil. Quayes ◽  
Janet M. Rives
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Family Labor ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
The Family ◽  
Labor Supply Decision

Family Labor Supply Responses to Severe Health Shocks: Evidence from Danish Administrative Records

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Itzik Fadlon ◽  
Torben Heien Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Driving Mechanism ◽  
Health Shocks ◽  
Family Labor ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
The Family ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Spousal Labor ◽  
New Evidence

We provide new evidence on households’ labor supply responses to fatal and severe nonfatal health shocks in the short run and medium run. To identify causal effects, we leverage administrative data on Danish families and construct counterfactuals using households that experience the same event a few years apart. Fatal events lead to considerable increases in surviving spouses’ labor supply, which the evidence suggests is driven by families who experience significant income losses. Nonfatal shocks have no meaningful effects on spousal labor supply, consistent with their adequate insurance coverage. The results support self-insurance as a driving mechanism for the family labor supply responses. (JEL D12, D15, G22, I12, J22)

scholarly journals Family Food Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 354
Author(s):  
Amber J. Hammons ◽  
Ryan Robart
Keyword(s):  
Food Environment ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Family Connectedness ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
The Family ◽  
Virtual Focus Groups ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Family Food Environment

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic, with its cyclical lockdown restrictions and school closures, has influenced family life. The home, work, and school environments have collided and merged to form a new normal for many families. This merging extends into the family food environment, and little is known about how families are currently navigating this landscape. The objective of the present study was to describe families’ adaptations in the family food environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Parents participated in one of 14 virtual focus groups (conducted in English and Spanish between December 2020 and February 2021). Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyze the transcripts. Results: Forty-eight parents (81% Hispanic and SES diverse) participated. Five themes and one subtheme were identified around changes in eating habits and mealtime frequency, increases in snacking, family connectedness at mealtimes, and use of screens at meals. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the family food environment. Families shared how their eating habits have changed and that device usage increased at mealtimes. Some changes (e.g., weight gain) may have lasting health implications for both children and parents. Public health officials, pediatricians, and schools should work with families to resume healthy habits post pandemic.

scholarly journals Increasing Water Intake of Children and Parents in the Family Setting: A Randomized, Controlled Intervention Using Installation Theory

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (Suppl. 3) ◽  
pp. 26-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saadi Lahlou ◽  
Sabine Boesen-Mariani ◽  
Bradley Franks ◽  
Isabelle Guelinckx
Keyword(s):  
Water Consumption ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Plain Water ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
Dietary Record ◽  
The Family ◽  
One Year ◽  
Family Setting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Consumption Habits

On average, children and adults in developed countries consume too little water, which can lead to negative health consequences. In a one-year longitudinal field experiment in Poland, we compared the impact of three home-based interventions on helping children and their parents/caregivers to develop sustainable increased plain water consumption habits. Fluid consumption of 334 children and their caregivers were recorded over one year using an online specific fluid dietary record. They were initially randomly allocated to one of the three following conditions: Control, Information (child and carer received information on the health benefits of water), or Placement (in addition to information, free small bottles of still water for a limited time period were delivered at home). After three months, half of the non-controls were randomly assigned to Community (child and caregiver engaged in an online community forum providing support on water consumption). All conditions significantly increased the water consumption of children (by 21.9-56.7%) and of adults (by 22-89%). Placement + Community generated the largest effects. Community enhanced the impact of Placement for children and parents, as well as the impact of Information for parents but not children. The results suggest that the family setting offers considerable scope for successful installation of interventions encouraging children and caregivers to develop healthier consumption habits, in mutually reinforcing ways. Combining information, affordances, and social influence gives the best, and most sustainable, results.

scholarly journals Family Labor Supply Responses to Severe Health Shocks

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itzik Fadlon ◽  
Torben Heien Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Health Shocks ◽  
Family Labor

scholarly journals Optimal Taxation, Marriage, Home Production, and Family Labor Supply

Econometrica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 291-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
George-Levi Gayle ◽  
Andrew Shephard
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Optimal Taxation ◽  
Home Production ◽  
Family Labor

Keeping the child in focus while supporting the family

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Dahlbo ◽  
Liselotte Jakobsson ◽  
Pia Lundqvist
Keyword(s):  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Professional Role ◽  
School Age ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
The Family ◽  
Child Healthcare ◽  
Long Term Consequences

Child maltreatment can lead to acute and long-term consequences, and it is important that at-risk children are identified early. Child healthcare (CHC) nurses in Sweden are in a position to identify child maltreatment, as they follow children and their parents from the child’s birth to school age. Therefore, the aim was to describe CHC nurses’ experiences when encountering families in which child maltreatment was identified or suspected. Individual open interviews with eight CHC nurses were performed and analysed using a qualitative content analysis. Findings revealed that keeping the child in focus, while supporting the family was essential for the nurses. This family-centred approach was assumed to benefit the child’s interests. Meeting families where child maltreatment was identified or suspected influenced the nurses, emotionally in different ways. Nevertheless, it was important to keep an open mind and communication build on honesty. Furthermore, the nurses requested professional supervision in order to help them learn from the situation ahead of the next time. This knowledge about CHC nurses’ experiences may form a basis for the development of interventions that aim to support the CHC nurses in their professional role, and thereby improve support to children and parents in the future.

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