Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Del Bono, Emilia; Francesconi, Marco; Kelly, Yvonne; Sacker, Amanda
• 署名单位: University of Essex; University of Bergen; University of Essex; University of London; University College London
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12342
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: F96-F135
• 关键词: 1st 3 years; parental employment; panel-data; income; care; INEQUALITY; HEALTH; LEAVE; environment; TECHNOLOGY

摘要

Using large longitudinal survey data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, this article estimates the relationship between maternal time inputs and early child development. We find that maternal time is a quantitatively important determinant of skill formation and that its effect declines with child age. There is evidence of long-term effects of early maternal time inputs on later outcomes, especially in the case of cognitive skill development. In the case of non-cognitive development, the evidence of this long-term impact disappears when we account for skill persistence.