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Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Using large longitudinal survey data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, this article estimates the relationship between maternal time inputs and early child development. We find that maternal time is a quantitatively important determinant of skill formation and that its effect declines with child age. There is evidence of long‐term effects of early maternal time inputs on later outcomes, especially in the case of cognitive skill development. In the case of non‐cognitive development, the evidence of this long‐term impact disappears when we account for skill persistence.

Source: The Economic Journal

DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12342

Authors: Emilia Del Bono, Marco Francesconi, Yvonne Kelly, Amanda Sacker

Institutions: University of Essex, University of Bergen, Institute for Fiscal Studies, University College London

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,463

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council