DP10231 Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes
| Author(s): | Emilia del Bono, Marco Francesconi |
| Publication Date: | November 2014 |
| Keyword(s): | cognitive and non- cognitive skill formation, early interventions, education production functions |
| JEL(s): | I20, J15, J24 |
| Programme Areas: | Labour Economics |
| Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=10231 |
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.