Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes

Emilia Del Bono, Marco Francesconi, Yvonne Kelly and Amanda Sacker

Economics Discussion Papers from University of Essex, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using large longitudinal survey data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, this paper estimates the effec of maternal time inputs on 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 a long shadow of the effect of early maternal time inputs on later outcomes, especially in the cas of cognitive skill develpment. In the case of non-cognitive develpment, this effect disappears when we account for skill persistance.

Keywords: HB; Education production functions; early interventions; cognitive and non- cognitive skill formation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-10-01
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Journal Article: Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes (2016)
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