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Title: Causal Effects of Maternal Time-Investment on Childrens Cognitive Outcomes

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Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: Many social scientists hypothesize that the time mothers spend with their children is crucial for childrens cognitive development. Unlike most studies that investigate maternal employment effects on children, we estimate direct causal effects of time-diary measured maternal time using the CDS - PSID dataset. Considering maternal time allocation endogenous, the effect of an increase of maternal time associated with a rise in childcare price (IV estimate) is an order of magnitude larger than OLS estimates for Applied Problems and Word-Letter Identification tests. Evidence also shows that the effect is larger for children living with college educated mothers and in two-parent households.

Url: https://ideas.repec.org/p/edj/ceauch/285.html

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Authors: Ros-Aguilar, Cecilia; Villena-Roldan, Benjamin

Publisher: University of Chile

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Family and Marriage, Other

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