Human Development, Social Interactions, and Identity Formation

Avner Seror

No 1924, AMSE Working Papers from Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France

Abstract: This paper presents a general theory of child development that incorporates interactive learning and identity formation in social interactions with caregivers. The model sheds light on many puzzling aspects of child development. Child learning responds nonmonotonically to caregivers' attention and approval in social interactions. I highlight key parental characteristics associated with child learning, and identity formation. The theory also explains why media devices widen human inequality. Lessons are finally drawn for the design of policies that alleviate human inequality.

Keywords: human development; human inequality; social interactions; identity; parenting; learning; intergenerational transmission; media (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 D91 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2019-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ore and nep-soc
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