?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Parental+Inputs+and+Socio-Economic+Gaps+in+Early+Child+Development&rft.creator=Macmillan%2C+Lindsey&rft.creator=Tominey%2C+Emma&rft.description=By+the+time+children+start+school%2C+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%2C+to+a+low+level+of+qualifications.+Our+results+suggest+that+financial+resources+are+an+important+channel%2C+explaining+up+to+59%25+of+the+effect+on+child+cognitive+skills.+On+top+of+this%2C+parental+investments+of+health+behaviours+during+pregnancy+and+monetary+investments+at+home+explain+a+further+14%25+of+the+test+score+gaps.&rft.subject=child+development%2C+test+scores%2C+socio-emotional+skills%2C+parental+inputs%2C+decomposition%2C+ALSPAC&rft.publisher=IZA+-+Institute+of+Labor+Economics&rft.date=2019-11&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(IZA+Discussion+Paper++12792).+IZA+-+Institute+of+Labor+Economics%3A+Bonn%2C+Germany.+(2019)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10152425%2F7%2FMacmillan_SSRN-id3495769.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10152425%2F&rft.rights=open