Intergenerational Inequality and Parenting: Making Room for the Parent–Child Relationship

Art Goldsmith ()
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Art Goldsmith: Washington and Lee University

Chapter Chapter 11 in Constructing a More Scientific Economics, 2022, pp 237-253 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Drawing on insights from cognitive psychology, sociology, and neuroscience John Tomer advanced the idea that the relationship between a youth and their parents is the central determinant of the level of skills a person acquires when young and hence their economic status later in life. This view challenges the conventional economic notion attributed to Nobel Prize winning economists Gary Becker and James Heckman that poor parenting—providing children with too little parental time and resources—is primarily responsible for low earnings as an adult. This chapter illuminates John’s perspective that the parent-child relationship—not the amount of time parents spend with their children—plays a fundamental role in the accumulation of a wide range of socioemotional skills during adolescent that subsequently shape life.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83928-4_11

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