UCL Discovery
UCL home » Library Services » Electronic resources » UCL Discovery

The Economic Costs of Child Maltreatment in UK

Conti, G; Pizzo, E; Morris, S; Melnychuk, M; (2021) The Economic Costs of Child Maltreatment in UK. (IZA Discussion Paper 14612). IZA - Institute of Labor Economics: Bonn, Germany. Green open access

[thumbnail of Conti_discussion paper 2021 dp14612.pdf]
Preview
Text
Conti_discussion paper 2021 dp14612.pdf - Published Version

Download (1MB) | Preview

Abstract

Child maltreatment is a major public health problem with significant consequences for individual victims and for society. In this paper we quantify for the first time the economic costs of fatal and non-fatal child maltreatment in the UK in relation to several short-, medium- and long-term outcomes ranging from physical and mental health problems, to labour market outcomes and welfare use. We combine novel regression analysis of rich data from the National Child Development Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing with secondary evidence to produce an incidence-based estimate of the lifetime costs of child maltreatment from a societal perspective. The discounted average lifetime incidence cost of non-fatal child maltreatment by a primary caregiver is estimated at £89,390 (95% uncertainty interval £44,896 to £145,508); the largest contributors to this are costs from social care, short-term health and long-term labour market outcomes. The discounted lifetime cost per death from child maltreatment is estimated at £940,758, comprising health care and lost productivity costs. Our estimates provide the first comprehensive benchmark to quantify the costs of child maltreatment in the UK and the benefits of interventions aimed at reducing or preventing it.

Type: Working / discussion paper
Title: The Economic Costs of Child Maltreatment in UK
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/hec.4409
Publisher version: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/14612/the-econ...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: productivity losses, health care costs, lifetime costs, incidence-based approach, child maltreatment, sensitivity analysis
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Applied Health Research
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10132568
Downloads since deposit
189Downloads
Download activity - last month
Download activity - last 12 months
Downloads by country - last 12 months

Archive Staff Only

View Item View Item