父母死亡对劳动力市场结果的影响
Effects of Parental Death on Labor Market Outcomes
American Economic Review · 2026 · [{"name": "Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen", "affiliation": ["University of Oxford"]}, {"name": "Ning Zhang", "affiliation": ["Chinese University of Hong Kong"]}]
中文摘要
我们利用丹麦行政数据考察父母去世对劳动力市场结果的影响。借助突发的首次父母去世的时点以及匹配对照组双重差分 (DID) 策略, 我们发现, 父母去世后, 男性收入下降 2%, 而女性收入下降 3%。男性和女性均经历心理健康状况恶化, 由此导致心理援助的使用增加, 以及针对心理健康问题和阿片类药物的处方增加。有年幼子女的女性收入下降幅度相对更大 (约 4%), 这很可能是由于失去了非正式儿童照护。(JEL D91, I12, J13, J16, J31)
Abstract
We use Danish administrative data to examine the effects of parental death on labor market outcomes. Leveraging the timing of sudden, first parental deaths and a matched-control difference-in-differences strategy, we find that men’s earnings decline by 2 percent, while women’s earnings decline by 3 percent following a parental death. Both women and men experience mental health deterioration, leading to increased use of psychological assistance and prescriptions for mental health conditions and opioids. Women with young children experience a comparatively larger earnings decline (around 4 percent) likely due to the loss of informal childcare. (JEL D91, I12, J13, J16, J31)