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Parental inputs and socio-economic gaps in early child development
Around 1 in 5 individuals in OECD countries leave school without basic qualifications, impacting their own later life outcomes and those of their...
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Parental disability and teenagers’ time allocation
Using the 2003–2019 American Time Use Survey, we examine how living with a parent who has a work-limiting disability is related to teenagers’ time...
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Dinner timing and human capital investments in children
Although previous research documents that having dinner together as a family positively relates to long-run child and family outcomes, one aspect of...
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The effects of an epidemic on prenatal investments, childhood mortality and health of surviving children
The potential death toll from an epidemic is larger than the number of deaths directly associated with the infection. In this study, we find that...
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Parental involvement and neighborhood quality: evidence from public housing demolitions in Chicago
I study how parental involvement responds to declines in neighborhood quality. Previous research on this topic has largely been limited to...
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Parental limit-setting decisions and adolescent subject grades
Too much decision-making freedom in adolescence might discourage academic effort at the level parents desire since children tend to be less patient...
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Is longer maternal care always beneficial? The impact of a 4-year paid parental leave
We study the impact of an extension of paid family leave in the Czech Republic from 3 to 4 years on children’s long-term outcomes. We find that an...
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Experimental evidence of the effect of head start on mothers’ labor supply and human capital investments
Using data from the Head Start Impact Study (2002–2008), a randomized control trial, I estimate the effect of child Head Start attendance and, more...
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Less for more? Cuts to child benefits, family adjustments, and long-run child outcomes in larger families
Previous studies have examined how cash transfers affect children’s education and health regardless of sibship size. I examine the long-run...
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Using behavioral insights in early childhood interventions: the effects of Crianza Positiva e-messaging program on parental investment
We study whether an e-messaging program rooted on behavioral economics insights and administered on top of a parenting workshop helps improve...
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The impact of minimum wage on parental time allocation to children: evidence from the American Time Use Survey
In this study, using data from the 2003–2019 American Time Use Survey (ATUS), we investigate whether changes in the minimum wage have impacted time...
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The effects of parental involvement in homework: two randomised controlled trials in financial education
This paper provides causal evidence on the effects of parental involvement on student outcomes in a financial education course based on two...
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Parenting Behavior and Outcomes for Children
This chapter provides a narrative review of the economic literature analyzing the relationship between parenting and child development. It starts...
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Schooling choices and parental migration. Evidence from Mexico
This paper investigates the role of parental absence due to migration on education and labor market outcomes of children left behind in Mexico. I...
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Market competition and parental background wage premium: the role of human and relational capital
The literature on intergenerational inequality has not inquired so far the role that market competition can play in the intergenerational...
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Exploring the role of parental engagement in non-cognitive skill development over the lifecourse
We examine the role that parental engagement with child’s education plays in the lifecourse dynamics of locus of control (LOC), one of the most...
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Ethnicity differentials in academic achievements: the role of time investments
In most English-speaking countries, the children of Asian immigrants have better academic outcomes than other children, yet the underlying causes of...
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Child’s gender, parental monetary investments and care of elderly parents in China
This study analyzes whether parental monetary investments in children stimulate support from sons and daughters. Using data from the China Health and...
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Gender Differences in Early Child Development: Evidence from Large-Scale Studies of Very Young Children in Nine Countries
Some evidence suggests that there are significant gender gaps in early child development in low- and middle-income countries, with girls generally...
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The Fiscal and Welfare Effects of Policy Responses to the Covid-19 School Closures
Based on data on school visits from Safegraph and on school closures from Burbio, we document that during the Covid-19 crisis secondary schools were...
