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Public and Parental Investments, and Children’s Skill Formation

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This paper studies the interaction between parental and public inputs in children’s skill formation based on a longer-run follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. While the RCT initially increased preschool quality and initially improved skills significantly for children of all backgrounds, there is complete fade-out for children with highly educated parents, and only positive long-run effects for children with low-educated parents. The heterogeneous treatment effects are a result of differences in parents’ responses in terms of investments, reacting to school quality later in childhood. There is also evidence of cross-productivity between reading and math skills and socio-emotional development.

Source: The Journal of Human Resources

DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0422-12259r2

Authors: Miriam Gensowski, Rasmus Landersø, Philip Dale, Anders Hojen, Laura Justice, Dorthe Bleses

Institutions: IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Rockwool Foundation, University of New Mexico, Aarhus University, The Ohio State University

Language: English

Topic: Early Childhood Education and Development

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4404138296

FWCI: 6.38

Cites: 52

Cited by: 16

Related to: 10