How do changes to parental job insecurity affect children's health?

In the last two decades, after the Asian financial crisis, Korea's employment composition has witnessed a rapid increase in temporary contractual work. I investigate the impact of changes in parental job status from employment with permanent contracts to that with temporary contracts on childre...

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Published in:	Bulletin of economic research Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 5 - 24
Main Author:	Lee, Yong‐Woo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-01-2022
Subjects:	child health Children Children & youth Childrens health Contracts Deterioration Economic crisis Employment Job insecurity Korea Welfare Panel Study Longitudinal studies Mental health panel data estimation parental job insecurity Parents & parenting Welfare
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Summary:	In the last two decades, after the Asian financial crisis, Korea's employment composition has witnessed a rapid increase in temporary contractual work. I investigate the impact of changes in parental job status from employment with permanent contracts to that with temporary contracts on children's health using Korea Welfare Panel Study data. I find that parental job status changes to temporary contractual work from permanent contracts have a significantly negative effect on children's health. This outcome can be attributed to adverse financial shocks and a deterioration in mental health, which seem to outweigh the time reallocation effects.
ISSN:	0307-3378 1467-8586
DOI:	10.1111/boer.12287