eprintid: 10152425
rev_number: 11
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type: working_paper
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creators_name: Macmillan, Lindsey
creators_name: Tominey, Emma
title: Parental Inputs and Socio-Economic Gaps in Early Child Development
ispublished: pub
divisions: B14
divisions: KC6
divisions: B16
divisions: UCL
divisions: J82
keywords: child development, test scores, socio-emotional skills, parental inputs, decomposition, ALSPAC
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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.
date: 2019-11
publisher: IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
official_url: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/12792/parental-inputs-and-socio-economic-gaps-in-early-child-development
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1966466
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3495769
lyricists_name: Macmillan, Lindsey
lyricists_id: LMACM78
actors_name: Macmillan, Lindsey
actors_id: LMACM78
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
series: IZA Discussion Paper
publication: SSRN Electronic Journal
number: 12792
place_of_pub: Bonn, Germany
pages: 61
issn: 2365-9793
citation:        Macmillan, Lindsey;    Tominey, Emma;      (2019)    Parental Inputs and Socio-Economic Gaps in Early Child Development.                    (IZA Discussion Paper  12792). IZA - Institute of Labor Economics: Bonn, Germany.       Green open access   
 
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