Unemployment insurance effects on child academic outcomes: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Sharon Kukla-Acevedo; Colleen M. Heflin

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.09.019

Unemployment insurance effects on child academic outcomes: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Sharon Kukla-Acevedo, Colleen M. Heflin

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Abstract

Despite evidence linking parental unemployment spells and negative child outcomes, there is very little research that explores how participation in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program could buffer these effects. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 79 (NLSY79) and Children of the NLSY79 data, we estimate a series of fixed effects and instrumental variables models to estimate the relationship between UI participation and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (math and reading comprehension). Once we control for the non-random selection process into UI participation, our results suggest a positive relationship between UI participation and PIAT math scores. None of the models suggests a negative influence of UI participation on child outcomes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	246-252
Number of pages	7
Journal	Children and Youth Services Review
Volume	47
Issue number	P3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.09.019
State	Published - Dec 1 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Academic outcomes
Social spending
Unemployment insurance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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