Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes

Emilia Del Bono, Marco Francesconi, Yvonne Kelly () and Amanda Sacker ()
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Yvonne Kelly: University College London
Amanda Sacker: University College London

No 8608, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using large longitudinal survey data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, this paper estimates the effect 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 case of cognitive skill development. In the case of non-cognitive development, this effect disappears when we account for skill persistence.

Keywords: education production functions; early interventions; cognitive and non-cognitive skill formation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 J15 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2014-10
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Published - published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126(596), F96-F135

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Journal Article: Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes (2016)
Working Paper: Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes (2015)
Working Paper: Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes (2014)
Working Paper: Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes (2014)
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