@misc{discovery10152425,
           title = {Parental Inputs and Socio-Economic Gaps in Early Child Development},
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          series = {IZA Discussion Paper},
         journal = {SSRN Electronic Journal},
       publisher = {IZA - Institute of Labor Economics},
         address = {Bonn, Germany},
           month = {November},
          number = {12792},
            year = {2019},
          author = {Macmillan, Lindsey and Tominey, Emma},
             url = {https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/12792/parental-inputs-and-socio-economic-gaps-in-early-child-development},
            issn = {2365-9793},
        keywords = {child development, test scores, socio-emotional skills, parental inputs, decomposition, ALSPAC},
        abstract = {By the time children start school, socio-economic gaps are evident in child skills. We document a causal effect of a reform to mothers' education on her child's skills and use mediation analysis to explore the role of parental inputs as mechanisms. The reform shifted mothers' education from no, to a low level of qualifications. Our results suggest that financial resources are an important channel, explaining up to 59\% of the effect on child cognitive skills. On top of this, parental investments of health behaviours during pregnancy and monetary investments at home explain a further 14\% of the test score gaps.}
}