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| Title: | | Human capital investments in children: A comparative analysis of the role of parent-child shared time in selected countries  |
| Authors: | | Österbacka, Eva Merz, Joachim Zick, Cathleen D. |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion paper series // Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 5084 |
| Abstract: | | Parents invest in their children's human capital in several ways. We investigate the extent to which the levels and composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States. We test the hypothesis of parentchild time as a form of human capital investment in children using a propensity score treatment effects approach that accounts for the possible endogenous nature of time use and human capital investment. Result: There is considerable evidence of welfare regime effects on parent-child shared time. Our results provide mixed support for the hypothesis that noncare related parent-child time is human capital enriching. The strongest support is found in the case of leisure time and eating time. |
| Subjects: | | parent-child time comparative research welfare regimes Finland Germany USA treatment effects propensity score matching |
| JEL: | | D1 J24 J22 H43 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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