Parental and Child Time Investments and the Cognitive Development of Adolescents

TY - JOUR

T1 - Parental and Child Time Investments and the Cognitive Development of Adolescents

AU - Del Boca, Daniela

AU - Monfardini, Chiara

AU - Nicoletti, Cheti

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PY - 2017/4/1

Y1 - 2017/4/1

N2 - While a large literature has focused on the impact of parental investments on child cognitive development, very little is known about the role of the child’s own investments alongside that of the parents. By using the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we model the cognitive production function for adolescents using an augmented value-added model and adopt an estimation method that takes account of unobserved child characteristics. We find that a child’s own investments made during adolescence matter more than the mother’s. Our empirical results appear to be robust to several sensitivity checks.

AB - While a large literature has focused on the impact of parental investments on child cognitive development, very little is known about the role of the child’s own investments alongside that of the parents. By using the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we model the cognitive production function for adolescents using an augmented value-added model and adopt an estimation method that takes account of unobserved child characteristics. We find that a child’s own investments made during adolescence matter more than the mother’s. Our empirical results appear to be robust to several sensitivity checks.

KW - time-use diaries

KW - cognitive ability

KW - child development

KW - adolescence

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U2 - 10.1086/689479

DO - 10.1086/689479

M3 - Article

SN - 0734-306X

VL - 35

SP - 565

EP - 608

JO - Journal of Labor Economics

JF - Journal of Labor Economics

IS - 2

ER -