Seminarium LabFam online “Do parental job displacements lead to worse child birth outcomes when there is more unemployment around?” [31.05.2022]

Zapraszamy do wzięcia udziału w nadchodącym seminarium z cyklu LabFam seminars, które odbędzie się 31 maja br.

Podczas spotkania prof. Anna Baranowska-Rataj z Umeå University przedstawi badanie “Do parental job displacements lead to worse child birth outcomes when there is more unemployment around?”.

Seminarium odbędzie się 31 maja 2022 r. o godz. 15:00 za pośrednictwem platformy Zoom i będzie prowadzone w języku angielskim.

Szczegółowe informacje oraz formularz rejestracyjny są dostępne na stronie: https://bit.ly/3ySpqYy

Abstrakt:

This study examines the consequences of parental job displacements for birth outcomes, and scrutinizes the geographical heterogeneity of these effects. We use Swedish register data and exploit plausibly exogenous variation caused by workplace closures to reduce the bias related to reverse causality and confounding. When comparing children of parents who experienced job displacements due to workplace closures and children of parents who were not displaced, the differences in birth outcomes between these two groups turn out to be quite modest. Even in the most disadvantaged regions and municipalities, with highest unemployment rates, parental job displacement is not harmful for health at birth. We relate these findings to the institutional setting in Sweden and discuss policy implications for the U.S.