Discussion paper

DP10231 Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes

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

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Citation

Francesconi, M and E del Bono (2014), ‘DP10231 Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 10231. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp10231