Arbeitspapier
The impact of unemployment on child maltreatment in the United States
We study the effect of unemployment on child maltreatment in the United States for the period 2004-12, at the county level. We use a new administrative dataset containing every report of child abuse and neglect made to the Child Protective Services, and identify the effect using a Bartik instrument. A one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate causes a 20 percent increase in neglect. We provide evidence that parents' lack of social and private safety nets is an important mechanism behind the effect. Our results capture an effect on the actual incidence of neglect and not reporting behaviour.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2018-04
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health: General
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- Subject
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child abuse and neglect
unemployment rate
recession
safety net
unemployment insurance
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Brown, Dan
De Cao, Elisabetta
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
- (where)
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Colchester
- (when)
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2018
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Brown, Dan
- De Cao, Elisabetta
- University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Time of origin
- 2018
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