Parental Beliefs about Returns to Different Types of Investments in School Children

Orazio Attanasio, Teodora Boneva and Christopher Rauh

Journal of Human Resources, 2022, vol. 57, issue 6, 1789-1825

Abstract: Using a representative sample of 1,962 parents in England, we study how parents perceive the returns to parental time investments, material investments, and school quality. Parents perceive the returns to three hours of weekly time investments or £30 of weekly material investments to matter more than moving a child to a better school. Material investments are perceived as more productive if children attend higher-quality schools. Perceived returns do not differ with the child’s initial human capital or gender, and they are highly correlated with actual investment decisions.

JEL-codes: I24 I26 J13 J24 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
Note: DOI: 10.3368/jhr.58.2.0719-10299R1
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Working Paper: Parental Beliefs about Returns to Different Types of Investments in School Children (2019)
Working Paper: Parental Beliefs about Returns to Different Types of Investments in School Children (2018)
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