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| dc.title | The Intergenerational Cost of Parental Illness: Childrens' School Engagement in Chile |
| dc.contributor.author | Brito Rebolledo, Emilia Javiera |
| dc.contributor.author | Contreras, Dante |
| dc.contributor.author | Libuy, Nicolás |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Gender and Diversity Division |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | Chile |
| dc.coverage | Latin America |
| dc.coverage | South America |
| dc.date.available | 2026-10-07T00:10:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2026-10-07T00:10:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | Severe health events are among the most common shocks households face, and in low- and middle-income countries their consequences are absorbed largely within the family. We study how a parents severe illness affects adolescents' education in Chile. Using linked administrative records for the universe of school-age children and quasi-random variation in the occurrence and timing of parents first cancer hospitalizations, we compare exposed students with untreated classmates in a stacked difference-in-differences design. The shock reduces school enrollment and attendance and raises chronic absenteeism, with effects that persist for up to four years and roughly double for high-severity cancers. Disruptions are substantially larger for girls, consistent with caregiving and household responsibilities falling disproportionately on them. The educational response varies little with households' pre-shock labor market position, and children's hospitalizations do not rise. These findings point to an intergenerational cost of parental illness and a role for social protection in mitigating it. |
| dc.format.extent | 67 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0014553 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Intergenerational-Cost-of-Parental-Illness-Childrens-School-Engagement-in-Chile.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Primary Education |
| dc.subject | Community Development |
| dc.subject | Children |
| dc.subject | Human Capital |
| dc.subject | Hospitalization |
| dc.subject | Human Health |
| dc.subject | Educational Institution |
| dc.subject | Formal Labor |
| dc.subject | Health Facilities |
| dc.subject | Gender |
| dc.subject.jelcode | I14 - Health and Inequality |
| dc.subject.jelcode | I21 - Analysis of Education |
| dc.subject.jelcode | J13 - Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth |
| dc.subject.jelcode | O15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration |
| dc.subject.keywords | Parental health shocks;School engagement;School absenteeism;human capital;Cancer;Chile |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-WP-01874 |
| idb.operation | RG-T4299 |