The relationship between parental disability and child outcomes: Evidence from veteran Families.

ABSTRACT: We examine the relationship between parental disability and child outcomes in the American Community Survey. We focus on families with veteran parents, for whom parental disability is a direct result of service-related activities and thus is more plausibly exogenous to child outcomes than other forms of parental disability. Using the service connected disability rating (SCDR) as a measure of the severity of veteran disability, we document a gradient in child outcomes with respect to parental disability (even conditional on having a disabled parent). Children with more severely disabled parents are more likely to be late for grade, less likely to be in private school, and more likely to have disabilities themselves. These results lend meaningful insight to broader populations; we find simil

SUBMITTER: Lakdawala LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9645595 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature