Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/170977 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10993
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Recent empirical research in family economics has shown the importance of parental investments on child's human capital development, but it is still not clear whether parents respond to changes across time in their child's skills and health. Using the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we measure parental investments by considering the time parents spend with their child doing formative activities. By adopting a child fixed-effect instrumental variable estimation to address endogeneity issues, we find that parents reinforce for differences in their child's socio-emotional skills, compensate for changes in her physical health, and are neutral to variation in her cognitive skills.
Subjects: 
time-use
family investment
quality time
skills
child development
JEL: 
J13
D13
C23
C26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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