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How Economic Downturns Affect Children's Development: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Pathways of Influence
Anna Gassman-Pines1, Christina M Gibson-Davis1, Elizabeth O Ananat1
1Duke University.
Child Development Perspectives
|July 23, 2019
Summary
Economic downturns impact all children
Area of Science:
- Child Development
- Economics
- Sociology
Background:
- Previous research focused on job loss effects on children.
- The impact on children with continuously employed parents was overlooked.
Purpose of the Study:
- To demonstrate economic downturns affect all children in a community.
- To explore mechanisms linking economic downturns to child development.
Main Methods:
- Literature review across disciplines.
- Analysis of community-level economic impacts.
Main Results:
- Economic downturns affect children through community structural changes.
- Continuously employed individuals experience economic and psychological effects.
- Job loss strains social networks, indirectly affecting children.
Conclusions:
- Economic downturns are community-level events impacting child development broadly.
- Policy implications for supporting all children during economic hardship.