Impact of Parenting Styles on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills of Young Children: Evidence from Rural Thailand

Ahmad Shabir Faizi and Weerachart Kilenthong

No 225, PIER Discussion Papers from Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This study investigates the role of parenting styles in child development in rural Thailand using early childhood panel data. Our results from various specifications indicate that authoritarian parenting style was negatively and significantly associated with the child’s non-cognitive skills, while the results for cognitive skills were generally insignificant. These results imply that parenting styles affect non-cognitive skills but not cognitive skills of children aged between five and eleven years. However, we found that the impact of authoritative parenting is less conclusive.

Keywords: Parenting style; Cognitive; Non-cognitive; Human capital; Child development; Developing country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 J24 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2024-12
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