How the Allocation of Children's Time Affects Cognitive and Noncognitive Development

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fiorini, Mario; Keane, Michael P.
• 署名单位: University of Technology Sydney; University of Oxford
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/677232
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 787-836
• 关键词: care choices; computer use; MODEL; achievement; constraints; INEQUALITY; selection; BEHAVIOR; outcomes; males

摘要

The allocation of children's time among different activities may be important for cognitive and noncognitive development. Here, we exploit time use diaries from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children to study the effects of time allocation. By doing so, we characterize the trade-off between different activities to which a child is exposed. On the one hand, our results suggest that time spent in educational activities, particularly with parents, is the most productive input for cognitive skill development. On the other hand, noncognitive skills appear insensitive to alternative time allocations. Instead, they are greatly affected by the mother's parenting style.