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Parental Time Investments in Children: The Role of Competition for University Places in the UK

Sevilla, A; Borra, C; (2015) Parental Time Investments in Children: The Role of Competition for University Places in the UK. (IZA Discussion Papers 9168). Institute of Labor Economics: Bonn, Germany. Green open access

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Abstract

We use novel diary surveys coupled with universities' administrative student data for the last three decades to document that increased competition for university places at elite institutions in the United Kingdom contributes to explain growing gaps in time investments between college and non-college educated parents. Competition for university places in the UK grew significantly during the 1980s and early 1990s, and gradually diminished afterwards. We find that the gap in time investments by college and non-college educated parents and their children widened up precisely during this first period, especially in terms of human capital enhancing activities.

Type: Working / discussion paper
Title: Parental Time Investments in Children: The Role of Competition for University Places in the UK
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/9168/parental-...
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: parental time investments, children, college competition
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114260
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