In particular, the program will
- explore how parents' labor force participation affects children in terms of educational and health outcomes.
- explore causal effects of labor force participation on marriage.
- investigate social interaction effects in labor force participation, namely, whether an individual's labor force participation influences his or her peers' participation.
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The Effects of Labor Force Participation on Spouses, Children and Peers
This research program utilizes various child care and labor market reforms, in addition to plant downsizing events, as "natural experiments" to identify causal effects of labor force participation on spouses, children and peers.
