TY  - GEN
N1  - This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
TI  - Parental Inputs and Socio-Economic Gaps in Early Child Development
AV  - public
Y1  - 2019/11//
EP  - 61
CY  - Bonn, Germany
T3  - IZA Discussion Paper
A1  - Macmillan, Lindsey
A1  - Tominey, Emma
KW  - child development
KW  -  test scores
KW  -  socio-emotional skills
KW  -  parental inputs
KW  -  decomposition
KW  -  ALSPAC
N2  - 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.
ID  - discovery10152425
PB  - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/12792/parental-inputs-and-socio-economic-gaps-in-early-child-development
SN  - 2365-9793
ER  -